Critique and Criticism Concepts

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A genre of academic writing that briefly and critically summarizes and evaluates a work or concept, consisting of summary and evaluation.

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Critic paper

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A systematic way of highlighting weaknesses and strengths.

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critiquing

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What can critiques be used to evaluate?

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Creative works, research, and media.

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To judge or evaluate someone or something.

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criticize

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The paper or essay; the product of criticizing.

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critique

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The person doing the criticism.

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critic

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Asserts that a great deal of meaning in a text lies with how the reader responds to it.

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Reader-Response Criticism

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The form of a literary work to determine its meaning, focusing on literary elements and how they create meaning.

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Formalist Criticism

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Views a text as a revelation of its author’s mind and personality, based on the work of Sigmund Freud.

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Psychological/Psychoanalytic Criticism

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We must take an author’s life and background into account when studying a text.

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Biographical Criticism