Literary theory provides a framework for analyzing and interpreting literature through different critical perspectives. Literary criticism involves judging and commenting on literary works using principles from literary theory. Together, theory and criticism aim to make sense of literature and explore what it can mean to readers through interpretive analysis.

2. Literary theory is the study of the
principles which inform how
critics make sense of literary
works.
Literary criticism is the practice
of interpreting and writing about
literature as the latter, in turn,
strives to make sense of the
world.
Literary theories provide a
framework for our discussion of
a text.
There are many different
approaches we can take to
critical analysis.

3. Literary theory is the ideas and
methods we use to interpret and
analyze literature from a variety
of perspectives.
Literary Criticism is the practice
of judging and commenting on
the qualities and character of
literary works.
It opens up the possibilities of
what literature can MEAN to the
reader.
During the process of criticism,
a person may use literary
theory to support the judging
and commenting of the literary
works.

4. De Villiers 1830 – Caricature of literary critics removing passages from literature that displease them