Critical Lenses

Question 1

Critical Approaches answers these 3 questions:

Answer 1

What do we read?
Why do we read?
How do we read?

Question 1

1. Reader-Response Criticism

Answer 1

It asserts that a great deal of meaning in a text lies with how the reader responds to it.

Question 2

2. Formalist Criticism

Answer 2

It emphasizes the form of a literary work determines its meaning, focusing on literary elements and how they work to create meaning.

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3. Psychological/Psychoanalytic Criticism

Answer 3

It views a text as a revelation of its authors mind and personality. based on the work of Sigmund Freud.

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4. Sociological Criticism

Answer 4

Social contexts (social environments) must be considered.

Question 5

5. Biographical Criticism

Question 6

6. New Historicist Criticism