Literary Approach, or literary criticism, is an interpretation, analysis and judgement of a text
Literary approach helps a reader engage with or challenge that writing
Feminist Literary Criticism - critique literature while considering how it is portrayed and influenced by patriarchal narratives
Formalism Literary Theory - focuses on the text itself or stylistic purity of a work of literature rather than its social contexts and authorial intent
Feminist Literary Criticism : The FemaleExperience
Formalism Literary Theory : Narrative techniques, structure
Marxist Literary Criticism - examines how literature becomes a site for ideological battles and propaganda, and how it portrays the classstruggles and conditions of the world
Queer Theory - critiques the representation of LGBTQIA+ identities and themes in literature, often challenging heteronormative persepectives, and binary categorizations of gender and sexuality
Marxist Literary Criticism : Powerless vs Powerful
Queer Theory : Historical Silences, Closet
Reader Response - the readers' interpretation of the text, and how activley engaged they are in the creation of its meaning
Implied Reader - the reader the text's expects to be reacted and interpreted to
Literary Criticism can broaden a reader's understanding of an author's work by summarizing, interpreting and exploring its value
Doing Literary Criticism will help you:
make better sense of the work
form judgements about it
study ideas from differentpoints of view
and determine to yourself if a literary work is worth reading
Literary criticism recognizes that different people view works differently and their interpretation may change over time
Reading a text through the lens of literary theory:
provides a new persepective to better understand literature
learn more about authors' intentions
improve the quality of literature for both authors and readers