This document discusses different approaches to literary criticism. It defines literary criticism as the art of judging and commenting on literary works. It then outlines and describes six main approaches: feminist criticism analyzes depictions of women and their relation to female readers; Marxist criticism analyzes literature based on political correctness and support for workers; reader-response criticism explores the reader's interpretation and impact of a text; moralist criticism examines literature based on ethical and social criteria; historical criticism analyzes the historical context of works; and formalist/structuralist criticism focuses only on elements within the text itself.

1. LITERARY CRITICISM

3. WHAT IS LITERARY CRITICISM?
According to Oxford Dictionary, literary
criticism is the art or practice of judging and
commenting on the qualities and character of
literary works.
It is the study, analysis, and evaluation of
imaginative literature.
Critic, a person who expresses an opinion
about a literary piece.

4.  Feminist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
Historical Criticism
Formalist/Structuralist Criticism
The following are the different literary approaches
which can be use in critiquing a literary piece:

5. FEMINIST CRITICISM
Feminist criticism is the analysis of the depiction
of women and their relation to the woman reader
by male authors.
Based on the feminist theory, the feminist critical
evaluation analyzes elements like stereotypes of
women, images of women in literature, literary
mistreatment of women, place of women in
patriarchal societies and challenges faced by
women in the modern era.
Mary Wollstonecraft, prominent figure.
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6. MARXIST CRITICISM
 In case of the Marxist critical analysis,
poetry is analyzed on the basis of its
political correctness and calls for
mention of support for workers against
capitalist exploitation and perils of free
market perils
 Karl Marx, prominent figure.
 Marxist critics assume that all art is
political.
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7. READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM
- this type of criticism attempts to describe
what happens in the reader’s mind while
interpreting a text. A reader-response
critic might also explore the impact of a
particular text on his or her own ideas or
values.
Focuses not only on the values embedded
in the text but also on the values
embedded in the readers.

8. MORALIST CRITICISM
the moral critical approach examines
poetry and art works against standard
ethical and civil criteria; humanistic,
societal impact, tolerance, equality, social
justice and sensitivity. This approach
adheres to the humanistic and civil
element in poems, dramas and other art
work and evaluates the impact and
influence of works of literature in a
stringent moral context.

9. HISTORICAL CRITICISM
 Historical criticism analyzes poem works in
their historical context and evaluates the
use of allusions, words, phrases and
diction along with conventions and
expectations at the time of the written
works produced.
 It investigates the social, cultural, and
intellectual context that produced it.

10. FORMALIST/STRUCTURALIST
CRITICISM
This approach 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.
It uses close reading and simply focused on the text itself rather
than the author.
It ignoresTHE AUTHOR, READER, AND SOCIAL CONTEXT.

11. TASK 3: GENDER POLITICS
LIST DOWNTHE NAMES OFTHEWOMEN CHARACTERS ANDTHEIR RESPECTIVE
POSITIONS OR ROLE/S INTHE STORY.THEREAFTER, ANSWERTHE QUESTIONSTHAT
FOLLOW.
Women Character Role/s
Making Connections
Process Questions to Answer:
1. What does your list signify?
2. Do the women in the story have prominent positions?
3. What does this say about women and their position in
the society?
4. What is the significance of freedom in the story? How
does the author portray this idea?
5. What view of marriage is portrayed in the story? What
is the role of women in the marriage? Can this view still
apply today?