2021年7月15日 · Literary criticism is the practice of studying, evaluating, and interpreting works of literature. Similar to literary theory, which provides a broader philosophical framework for how to analyze literature, literary criticism offers readers new ways to understand an author’s work.

We’ve grouped them into four categories—author-focused, text-focused, reader-focused, and context-focused—each with its own central approach and central question about literary works and effective ways to understand them.

2018年9月26日 · Here are seven critical approaches that will enable you to delve deeply into literature. (1) The Historical / Biographical Approach. Critics who employ this lens see works as the reflection of an author's life and times (or of the characters' life and times).

2013年11月13日 · 1. Formalistic or Literary Approach. Literature is viewed intrinsically independent of the author, age, or any other extrinsic factor. The study of the selection is more or les based on the so-called “literary elements.” This approach regards literature as “a unique form of human knowledge that needs to be examined on its own terms.”

Literary criticism provides readers with fresh perspectives on an author’s work, much like literary theory, which offers a more comprehensive philosophical foundation for how to study literature. It typically discusses the work’s topic and combines your …

2015年8月23日 · What do we mean by “critical approaches”? Critical approaches, sometimes called lenses, are different perspectives we can consider when looking at a piece or several pieces of Literature. Their purpose to help us answer the following questions, as well as helping us interpret and understand literary works: 1. What do we read? 2. Why do we ...

In finding a perspective that interests you, consider these common ways of approaching literary study and interpretation and how those approaches might intersect with your own passions and values.

We’ve grouped them into four categories—author-focused, text-focused, reader-focused and context-focused—each with its own central approach and central question about literary works and effective ways to understand them.