Literary Criticism Approaches

Which is the approach that focuses only on the work itself and disregards any connection such as the author?

• Deconstructionist Criticism

• Formalist Criticism

• Inter-textual Criticism

• Reader-response Criticism

What approach focuses on the author's background?

What approach does the image represent?

• Symbolic/Archetypal Criticism

• Psychological Criticism

• Marxist Criticism

• Inter-textual Criticism

What approach removes the focus from the text and places it on the reader?

• Symbolic/Archetypal Criticism

• Formalist Criticism

• Reader-response criticism

• Mimetic Criticism

What approach has been pioneered by Dennis Macdonald?

What approach can be used to develop the character's behavior?

• Deconstructionist Criticism

• Mimetic Criticism

• Symbolic/Archetypal Criticism

• Psychological Criticism

What approach does the image represent? 

• Reader-response Criticism

• Feminist Criticism

• Historical- Biographical Criticism

• Formalist Criticism