- of arts
criticism,
literary criticism or
literary studies is the study, evaluation, and
interpretation of literature.
Modern literary criticism is often...
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Archetypal literary criticism is a type of
analytical theory that
interprets a text by
focusing on
recurring myths and
archetypes (from the Gr**** archē...
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Feminist literary criticism is
literary criticism informed by
feminist theory, or more broadly, by the
politics of feminism. It uses the
principles and...
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Marxist literary criticism is a
theory of
literary criticism based on the
historical materialism developed by
philosopher and
economist Karl Marx. Marxist...
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Psychoanalytic literary criticism is
literary criticism or
literary theory that, in method, concept, or form, is
influenced by the
tradition of psychoanalysis...
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Semiotic literary criticism, also
called literary semiotics, is the
approach to
literary criticism informed by the
theory of
signs or semiotics. Semiotics...
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philosopher Gianni Vattimo suggests that
criticism is used more
frequently to
denote literary criticism or art
criticism while critique refers to more general...
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Anatomy of
Criticism: Four
Essays (Princeton
University Press, 1957) is a book by
Canadian literary critic and
theorist Northrop Frye that
attempts to...
- New
Criticism was a
formalist movement in
literary theory that
dominated American literary criticism in the
middle decades of the 20th century. It emphasized...
- Historical-biblical
criticism includes a wide
range of
approaches and
questions within four
major methodologies: textual, source, form, and
literary criticism. Textual...
