Literary Criticisms

The video explores how different lenses, both literal and metaphorical, affect interpretation. It introduces literary criticism, focusing on formalist and feminist perspectives, using Walt Whitman's poem as an example. The video also encourages considering other lenses, such as sociological and psychological, and how interpretations can vary pre- and post-COVID-19.

What elements of Walt Whitman's poem might be the focus of a feminist criticism?

How might a sociological criticism of Whitman's poem differ from a psychological one?