Literary Criticism

It is concerned with class and economic differences, as well as the implications

and complications of the capitalist system.

• Structuralism

• Feminism

• Moralism

• Marxism

It focuses on the readers and their experience of a literary work.

• Feminism

• Reader-Response

• Structuralism

• Historicism

It is concerned with the representation of women in literature as an expression of the social norms about women and their roles in the society.

• Marxism

• Formalism

• Feminism

• Moralism

It is centered on judging literary works by their ethical teachings and by their effects on readers.

• Formalism

• Feminism

• Behaviorism

• Moralism

It investigates the meaning of a literary work by asking questions about the author’s life and times, the historical setting of the literary piece, and the author’s intentions.

• Reader-Response

• Formalism

• Historicism

• Marxism

It assumes that literary works have underlying universal structures.

• Moralism

• Feminism

• Criticism

• Structuralism

It aims to appreciate the value of a literary work for its own properties without the influence of outside factors or connections.

• Formalism

• Marxism

• Moralism

• Essentialism

It focuses on how the economic system and social class oppress the poor and promote the interests of the dominant rich.

• Feminism

• Formalism

• Marxism

• Reader-Response

It increases a reader’s sensitivities on how the nature, roles, and treatment of women are portrayed in a literary piece.

• Moralism

• Feminism

• Historicism

• Reader-Response

It looks at the value of the text based on how it encourages or discourages

good and upright behavior.

• Behaviorism

• Structuralism

• Moralism

• Marxism