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==Types of literary criticism==
==Types of literary criticism==


====Examples of literary criticism====


'''Moral Criticism, Dramatic Construction (~360 BC-present)'''  
'''Moral Criticism, Dramatic Construction (~360 BC-present)'''  
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'''Marxist Criticism (1930s-present)'''<br />
'''Marxist Criticism (1930s-present)'''<br />
Marxist Criticisms are based on the theories of [[Karl Marx]].  The writings of [[Leon Trotsky]]’s ''Literature and Revolution'', and [[Georg Lukács]]’ ''The Ideology of Modernism'', are available to assist with the understanding of Marxist Criticism in literature<ref>Brizee, Allen;Tompkins, J.Case [https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/ “Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism”]Accessed July 7, 2014</ref>. <br />
Marxist Criticisms are based on the theories of [[Karl Marx]].  The writings of [[Leon Trotsky]]’s ''Literature and Revolution'', and [[Georg Lukács]]’ ''The Ideology of Modernism'', are available to assist with the understanding of Marxist Criticism in literature<ref>Brizee, Allen;Tompkins, J.Case [https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/ “Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism”]Accessed July 7, 2014</ref>. <br />
'''Reader-Response Criticism (1960s-present)''' <br />The works of authors Peter Rabinowitz’s ''Before Reading'', or Norman Holland’s ''The Dynamics of Literary Response'', are well known sources for expanding your understanding of Reader-Response Criticism.  Hans Robert Jauss’ ''Horizons for Reading'' is also another source for information on this type of literary criticism<ref>Brizee, Allen;Tompkins, J.Case [https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/ “Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism”]Accessed July 7, 2014</ref>.
'''Reader-Response Criticism (1960s-present)''' <br />The works of authors Peter Rabinowitz’s ''Before Reading'', or Norman Holland’s ''The Dynamics of Literary Response'', are well known sources for expanding your understanding of Reader-Response Criticism.  Hans Robert Jauss’ ''Horizons for Reading'' is also another source for information on this type of literary criticism<ref>Brizee, Allen;Tompkins, J.Case [https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/ “Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism”]Accessed July 7, 2014</ref>.<br />
'''Structuralism/Semiotics (1920s-present)''' <br />Two important theorists form the framework of structuralism are Charles Sanders Peirce and Ferdinand de Saussure. ''Syntactic Structures'', written by Noam Chomsky, ''Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays'' by Northrop Frye, and ''The Elementary Structure of Kinship'' by [[Claude Lévi-Strauss]] are good sources for better understanding on Structuralism<ref>Brizee, Allen;Tompkins, J.Case [https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/ “Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism”]Accessed July 7, 2014</ref>. <br />
'''Structuralism/Semiotics (1920s-present)''' <br />Two important theorists form the framework of structuralism are Charles Sanders Peirce and Ferdinand de Saussure. ''Syntactic Structures'', written by Noam Chomsky, ''Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays'' by Northrop Frye, and ''The Elementary Structure of Kinship'' by [[Claude Lévi-Strauss]] are good sources for better understanding on Structuralism<ref>Brizee, Allen;Tompkins, J.Case [https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/ “Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism”]Accessed July 7, 2014</ref>. <br />
'''New Historicism/Cultural Studies (1980s-present)''' <br />New Historicism has been studied and explored extensively in many works. Clifford Geertz’s ''The Interpretation of Cultures'' or Pierre Bourdieu’s ''Outline of a Theory of Practice'' are good places to start when researching important examples of New Historicism literature. Stephen Greenblatt, who coined the phrase “New Historicism”, wrote ''The Power of Forms in the English Renaissance'', another good source for information on this form of literary criticism<ref>Brizee, Allen;Tompkins, J.Case [https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/ “Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism”]Accessed July 7, 2014</ref>.<br />
'''New Historicism/Cultural Studies (1980s-present)''' <br />New Historicism has been studied and explored extensively in many works. Clifford Geertz’s ''The Interpretation of Cultures'' or Pierre Bourdieu’s ''Outline of a Theory of Practice'' are good places to start when researching important examples of New Historicism literature. Stephen Greenblatt, who coined the phrase “New Historicism”, wrote ''The Power of Forms in the English Renaissance'', another good source for information on this form of literary criticism<ref>Brizee, Allen;Tompkins, J.Case [https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/ “Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism”]Accessed July 7, 2014</ref>.<br />
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'''Feminist Criticism (1960s-present)'''<br />
'''Feminist Criticism (1960s-present)'''<br />
'''Gender/Queer Studies (1970s-present)'''<br />
'''Gender/Queer Studies (1970s-present)'''<br />


====Literary Critics====
====Literary Critics====
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