Criticism

• reader-response

• historical

•  Marxist

• feminist

Focuses on female representation in literature, paying attention to female points-of-view, concerns, and values

• reader-response

• feminist

• moralist

• historical

• structuralist/formalist

• Marxist

• moralist

• feminist

(noun) the analysis and judgment of the merits and faults of a literary or artistic work

• CRITICISM

• CRITICIZE

(noun) a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory (verb) to evaluate (a theory or practice) in a detailed and analytical way

• CRITIQUE

• CRITIC

(noun) a person who judges the merits of literary, artistic, or musical works, especially one who does so professionally

• CRITIQUE

• CRITIC

expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a work of literature, music, or art

• CRITICAL

• CRITICIZE

the practice of studying, evaluating and interpreting works of literature

• Literary Criticism

• Literary Approach

an interpretive approach that emphasizes literary form and the study of literary devices within the text

• formalism approach

• historical approach

this approach focuses on the elements/structure of the story rather than its history

• formalism approach

• historical approach