eapp ( lliterary approachez)

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  • Criticize - to judge or to evaluate someone or something
  • Critique - the paper or essay the product of criticizing
  • Critic - the person doing the criticism
  • CRITICAL APPROACHES
    sometimes called "lenses" , are the different perspectives we can consider in analyzing or interpreting a text.
  • FORMALIST CRITICISM
    This approach regards literature as "a unique form of human knowledge that needs to be examined on its own terms." how elements of form (style, structure, tone, imagery, etc.)
  • HISTORICAL CRITICISM
    This approach "seeks to understand a literary work by investigating the social, cultural, and intellectual context that produced it.
  • READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM
    This approach takes as a fundamental tenet that "literature" exists not as an artifact upon a printed page but as a transaction between the physical text and the mind of a reader.
  • MEDIA CRITICISM
    Media criticism is the act of closely examining and judging the media.
  • GENDER CRITICISM
    This approach "examines how sexual identity influences the creation and reception of literary works.
  • MARXIST CRITICISM
    It focuses on the economic and political elements of art, often emphasizing the ideological content of literature.
  • MORALIST CRITICISM
    To study literature from the moral/intellectual perspective is therefore to determine whether a work conveys a lesson or message and whether it can help readers lead better lives and improve their understanding of the world.
    1. Creative Works - novels, exhibits, films, shows, images, poetry;
    2. Researches - monographs, journal articles, systematic reviews, theories;
    3. Media - news reports, feature articles.