Literary Criticism Review

Reader Response criticism focuses on...

• Being part of or excluded from a specific cultural group

• A reader's experiences, ethics, moral values, and views of the world

• Recurring universal symbols, images, characters, or plots

• Patterns of thought, values, and power relations between the sexes

• The influence of the time periods in which texts were created

Feminist criticism focuses on...

• Being part of or excluded from a specific cultural group

• A reader's experiences, ethics, moral values, and views of the world

• Recurring universal symbols, images, characters, or plots

• Patterns of thought, values, and power relations between the sexes

• The influence of the time periods in which texts were created

Cultural criticism focuses on...

• Being part of or excluded from a specific cultural group

• A reader's experiences, ethics, moral values, and views of the world

• Recurring universal symbols, images, characters, or plots

• Patterns of thought, values, and power relations between the sexes

• The influence of the time periods in which texts were created

Historical criticism focuses on...

• Being part of or excluded from a specific cultural group

• A reader's experiences, ethics, moral values, and views of the world

• Recurring universal symbols, images, characters, or plots

• Patterns of thought, values, and power relations between the sexes

• The influence of the time periods in which texts were created

Archetypal criticism focuses on...

• Being part of or excluded from a specific cultural group

• A reader's experiences, ethics, moral values, and views of the world

• Recurring universal symbols, images, characters, or plots

• Patterns of thought, values, and power relations between the sexes

• The influence of the time periods in which texts were created

Which type of criticism would you use to explain the experience of a main character who is poor while the other characters are rich?

• Reader Response

• Cultural

• Feminist

• Historical

• Archetypal

Which type of criticism would you use to explain the experience of a housewife in the 1950s who has an abusive husband?

• Reader Response

• Cultural

• Feminist

• Historical

• Archetypal

Which type of criticism would you use to explain the experience of a Jewish person in a concentration camp during WWII?

• Reader Response

• Cultural

• Feminist

• Historical

• Archetypal

Which type of criticism would you use to explain your personal experience of reading a love poem?

• Reader Response

• Cultural

• Feminist

• Historical

• Archetypal

Which of these could be analyzed with cultural criticism?

• A female mechanic starting out as a part time worker and becoming the owner of her own shop.

• A Puerto Rican immigrant mother explaining the struggles of fitting in to her daughter who was born in New York.

• A young boy who must go on a journey to learn something important about himself.

• A psychologist describing how to better your life.

• A soldier experiencing the battles of the Civil War.