formalist
•Approaches literature as a
whole and self-contained
work
•Explication
•Repetition
•Rhyme
•Analysis
deconstruction
•Language is unstable
•Example: How hot is hot?
•No meaning to the work
marxist
criticsm
The incessant pushing of Green Eggs
and Ham, by Sam-I-Am is yet another
move by the bourgeois elite to control
individuals and create more profit for
themselves.
reader
response
•Culture
•Knowledge
•Socioeconomic Status
[psychoanalytical
criticism
An adolescent’s coming to terms with their sexual
awakening.
biographical
criticism
•Gambling man?
•Creating beginner
books
•Spreading messages
There is no point in writing books if there is no one left to read
them.
historical
criticism
•Generational Split
•Radical ideas
•Individuality
archetypal/
(/ myth
Classic retelling of a Hero’s journey
gender,
gayand
l;esbian
critcism
The lack of designated gender roles allows the reader to break free of traditional stereotypes.
new historical
criticism
How does Sam-I-Am know Green Eggs and Ham are
good?
In Conclusion – what is Criticism as it applies to literature?
}A lens that focuses on certain aspects of the text and expands on the
texts implications in a way the writer may not have necessarily intended.
}It also serves as a guideline to illuminate aspects of a text that the
reader may have missed originally.
}A tool to open dialogue and create understanding