| Contents |
Getting started: classroom practices that support the study of literary criticism -- Reader response criticism: beginning with personal meaning and classroom community -- Biographical criticism: examining the relevance of writers' lives and identities -- Historical criticism: weighing the historical context of works of literature -- Psychological criticism: using literature to understand human behavior -- Archetypal criticism: finding the mythic resonance in texts -- - |
| Contents |
Genre criticism: exploring classifications and contexts -- Moral criticism: probing the moral and ethical dimensions of literature -- Philosophical criticism: investigating the intersection of literature and philosophy -- Feminist criticism: interrogating gender issues -- Political or advocacy criticism: engaging with social justice issues through literature -- Formalist criticism: analyzing writing craft -- Putting it all together: a conclusion and commencement. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-293) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010016607 |
| ISBN | 9781571108425 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1571108424 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
