This is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of Literature.

It emphasize the form of literary work to determine its meaning, focusing on literary elements and how they work to create meaning.

It is concerned with understanding the role of power, politics, and money in literary texts. 

The way in which people become alienated from one another through power, money and politics.

One of the disadvantages of this school of criticism is that it tends to make readings too subjective.

It supports the given idea, " Literature that is ethically sound and encourages virtue is praised while literature that misguides and corrupts is condemned."

The question, " What is the genre, or form, of the piece of literature?" is under____________ approach.

The question, " To what degree does the protagonist or other characteristics believe in and live by the prevailing social order?" is under __________ approach.

It supports the given practice, " Look at the marginalized groups represented in a text, as well as how these groups would interpret the hidden meanings in a text."

Identify the statement that is not related to formalistic approach.

Cinderella cannot go to the ball because she was considered as a person not worthy for such kind of privileges. This criticism is an example of  ____________ approach.

From the fable story, The Lion, The Ass, and the Fox, it teaches us a learn from the misfortunes of others. Failure in life is okay, as long as you learn from it. This criticism is an example of ____________ approach.

The speaker "I" in the poem "The Road Not Taken", is in the middle of journey somewhere in a wood and stands between two roads that he had to choose. It shows the speaker see the two roads in front of him, when he writes "two roads diverged in a yellow wood." This is an example of __________ approach.

___________ pays special attention to diction, irony, paradox, metaphor, and symbol, as well as larger elements such as plot, characterization, theme, and narrative technique. 

In literary theory, a __________ interpretation reads the text as an expression of contemporary class struggle.

Identify True or False:

After  you are done reading a piece of literature, think about what each character did and how each action contributed to the plot.

When you read a work of literature with the purpose of critiquing it, whether a poem, short story, non-fiction essay, or memoir, you must read it with an active mind.

Aside form noting when important ideas occur in the margins of the text, you should write down important ideas and themes on a piece of paper as you read, noting the page numbers.

In order to write a strong critique, you need outside sources to disagree with you.

After you have have a good understanding of the events of the book you can try to understand what the author was suggesting about human nature through the characters and their actions. These things are called the conflicts.