schools of criticism

Question 1

biographical

Answer 1

a form of Literary criticism which analyzes a writer’s biography to show the relationship between the author’s life and their works of literature.

Question 2

feminist

Answer 2

literary criticism informed by feminist theory, or by the politics of feminism more broadly. It can be understood as using feminist principles and ideological discourses to critique the language of literature, its structure and being.

Question 3

Marxist

Answer 3

literary criticism based on socialist and dialectic theories. Marxist criticism views literary works as reflections of the social institutions from which they originate