EPPA

• Critique paper


  A paper that provides an objective/balanced review or critique of a work of art, an event or a program
• Formalist Criticism


  An approach that regards literature as a unique form of human knowledge that needs to be examined on its own terms. All the elements necessary for understanding the work are contained within the work itself.
• Formalist Criticism


  • Focuses on the elements of form like the style, structure, tone, imagery, and the like. The ultimate goal is to identify how these elements are put together in the text to shape its effects on the readers.
• Formalist Criticism

  • The nursery rhyme "Mary had a little lamb" is a metaphor of Christianity, with the lamb representing Jesus and Mary representing the Mother of God.

  
• Biographical or Historical Criticism

  Begins with the insight that literature is written by actual people and that understanding an author's life can help readers more thoroughly comprehend the work. It aims to comprehend a literary work by probing at the social, cultural, political, and intellectual context that produced it.
• Biographical or Historical Criticism


  • The biographical critic explicates the literary work by utilizing the insight derived from the author's background. The biographical information should strengthen the meaning of the text, and avoid using insignificant material.
• Biographical or Historical Criticism

  • Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice reflects many elements and experiences that Austen herself experienced in her life.
• Gender Criticism


  Examines how sexual identity influences the creation of the literary text. It focuses on the construction of gender and sexuality, especially LGBTQ issues, and suggests that power is multifaceted and never just in one direction.
• Approaches in Gender Criticism

  • Masculinist Approach
  • Feminist Approach
• Gender Criticism


  • The Wife of Bath in The Canterbury Tales is a worldly and experienced woman who has traveled extensively and been married five times.
• Psychological Criticism


  A criticism in which the method, the concept, or the form of the material is influenced by psychoanalysis, exploring areas like wish fulfillment, sexuality, the unconscious and repression.
• Psychological Criticism


  • Probing the creative process of the artist
  • Psychological study of the author's biographical circumstances
  • Analysis of fictional characters using psychological concepts
• Marxist Criticism


  An example of sociological criticism that highlights the economic and political elements of art, focusing on the ideological content of literature. It believes that all art is political, either challenging or endorsing the status quo.
• Moral/Philosophical Approach


  Explores the moral and philosophical themes and statements in a literary work, such as the author's view of life, humanity's relationship to God and the universe, and the nature of good and evil.
• Mythological Criticism


  Emphasizes the recurrent universal patterns and archetypes underlying most literary works, exploring how the individual imagination uses myths and symbols common to different cultures and epochs.
• Steps in writing a Critique Paper

  1. Read to understand the literary piece

  2. Determine the author's purpose

  3. Analyze each segment or section

  4. Decide which approach in literary criticism to use

  5. Compose introduction, body, and conclusion