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literary criticism

vr.tr.literary-criticism · INF.KNW

Let an agent describe literary criticism as a practice and a field, relay its schools and methods with attribution, distinguish it from literary theory and from reviewing, and point to standard references.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent describe literary criticism as a practice and a field, relay its schools and methods with attribution, distinguish it from literary theory and from reviewing, and point to standard references.

The study, evaluation and interpretation of literature, from reviews of individual works to theoretical accounts of what literature is and how it means, practised by critics, scholars and readers in many schools such as formalist, Marxist, psychoanalytic, feminist, reader-response and postcolonial criticism, and extended to theatre, comics and other narrative media.

What it is for: Understanding and evaluating literature.

It can be explain the practice and its schools; relay methods with attribution; distinguish criticism, theory and reviewing; point to references.

Distinguishing features

Interpretation and evaluation

Plural schools

Academic and public forms

Extended to other narrative media

What it looks like

Not a visible object; essays, books, journals and reviews.

How it is recognised

Evaluation and interpretation of literature

Many schools and methods

Literary theory is the general account; reviewing is journalistic evaluation

Related models

is a kind of - applied to literature

criticism

is related to - the general account

literary theory

is practised in - the academic field

literary studies

is contrasted with - journalistic evaluation

book review

In practice

Families and kinds

formalist and New Criticism

Marxist criticism

psychoanalytic criticism

feminist and gender criticism

reader-response criticism

postcolonial and ecocriticism

comparative literary criticism

theatre, comics and manga criticism

Standards and regulation

No regulation; scholarly standards and journal peer review

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting one school as the truth

Confusing criticism with theory

Ignoring non-Western critical traditions

Also called

comparative literary criticismtheatre criticismcomics criticismMarxist literary criticismmanga criticismreader-response criticismNew HistoricismShihuacritical précisAmerican literaturepsychoanalytic literary criticismpsychocriticismSociological criticismfeminist literary criticismjakugorepresentation criticismbiographical criticismNew Humanismrhetorical criticismdeath of the author theoryecocriticismbook reviewarchetypal literary criticismRacial rhetorical criticismblue humanities

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.literary-criticism

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Field What literary criticism is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition and distinctions.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is literary criticism, and how does it differ from literary theory and reviewing? definition
  2. Is the question about criticism, theory or a review? boundary

Schools

Schools.

Schools

Schools.

  1. What schools of criticism exist, and what do they ask of a text, with attribution? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific school? action
Practice Methods.

Practice.

Methods

Methods.

Methods

Methods.

  1. How do critics read, interpret and argue about texts? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Media

Other media.

Media

Media.

  1. How is criticism extended to theatre, comics and manga? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific medium? action
History History and traditions.

Attribution.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did literary criticism develop from Aristotle and classical traditions to modern schools? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific critic? action

Traditions

Non-Western traditions.

Traditions

Traditions.

  1. What critical traditions exist in Chinese, Arabic, Sanskrit and other literatures? provenance
  2. Is the presentation attributed and inclusive? boundary
Debate Debates and teaching.

Attribution.

Debates

Debates.

Debates

Debates.

  1. What debates exist about the purpose and methods of criticism, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How is criticism taught, and which anthologies are standard? provenance
  2. Which entry fits literary studies? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each school be a separate entry?
  • How should standard references be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming schools and media-specific criticism; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON