Literary Criticism

It is a type of literary critique that judges the value of the literature based on its moral lessons or ethical teachings.

• Feminist

• Moralist

• Marxist

• Reader-Response

________ investigates literature's role in the class struggle.

________ is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.

It pays special attention to diction, irony, paradox, metaphor, and symbol, as well as larger elements such as plot, characterization, theme, and narrative technique.

• Historical-Biographical

• Feminist

• Moralist

• Formalist

It is an approach in literature that focuses on how women are represented in various texts.

• Reader-Response

• Historical-Biographical

• Feminist

• Formalist

The text itself has no meaning until it is read by a reader. The reader creates the meaning.

• Reader-Response

• Formalist

• Moralist

• Historical-Biographical

Its goal is to understand how people in the past thought and felt.

• Historical-Biographical

• Feminist

• Formalist

• Reader-Response

______ claims that literature presents a masculine-patriarchal view in which the role of women is negated or minimized

What approach to literary criticism requires the critic to know about the author's life and times?

• Marxist

• Moralist

• Historical-Biographical

• Formalist

When you are critiquing a literary material, it is like wearing a/an _____________.