Literary criticism involves evaluating literary works through analyzing their genre, structure, and value. Critics publish their analyses in sources like the Times Literary Supplement and The New Yorker. Criticism can examine aspects like a work's genre, themes, and significance through approaches such as historical criticism, feminist criticism, and analyzing literary devices. Feminist criticism specifically analyzes how women are portrayed in a work and how gender influences the author and content.

1. Literary Criticism
Presenters: Niloufar Fathi
Pariya Mozafari

2. What is literary criticism?
Literary criticism is the
evaluation of literary
works. This includes the
classification by genre,
analysis of structure and
judgment of value.

3. Literary critics

4. Sources literary critics are
published
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Times literary supplement
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The NY times book review
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The London review of books
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The nation
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The New Yorker

5. Aspects of literary criticism
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Genre: it’s how you classify the written
word, by the way in which it was written.
Some pieces of literature share similar
characteristics.
Theme: it’s a abstract idea that pulls the piece
of literature together.

6. Significance and uses of literary
criticism
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Historical criticism
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Feminist criticism
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Criticism based on literary devices

7. Historical criticism
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It’s a way that classical literature can
be brought to life.
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It’s by reading the novel in the context
of the time period in which it was
written.

8. Feminist criticism
Feminist Criticism - analysis of the depiction
of women and their relation to the woman
reader by male authors.
Gynocriticism - the study of women’s
writing.

9. What does Feminist Criticism do?
The critic analyzes how
women are portrayed,
spoken about or
described in a piece of
literature.

10. Some questions to consider...
How are the lives of men and women portrayed in
the work? Do the men and women in the work
accept or reject these roles?
Is the form and content of the work influenced by
the author’s gender?

11. Prominent feminist literary
critics
Jennifer Brody
Nancy Armstrong
Margaret Doody

12. Criticism base on literary devices
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A great way to read into a text is to analyze the:
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style
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voice
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Theme(s)
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Setting
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Type of narration
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Metaphors used