Definitions for literary criticism
lit·er·ary crit·i·cism

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. criticism, literary criticismnoun

   a written evaluation of a work of literature

2. literary criticism, lit critnoun

   the informed analysis and evaluation of literature

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. literary criticismnoun

   The study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.

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1. Literary criticism

   Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Though the two activities are closely related, literary critics are not always, and have not always been, theorists. Whether or not literary criticism should be considered a separate field of inquiry from literary theory is a matter of some controversy. For example, the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism draws no distinction between literary theory and literary criticism, and almost always uses the terms together to describe the same concept. Some critics consider literary criticism a practical application of literary theory, because criticism always deals directly with particular literary works, while theory may be more general or abstract. Literary criticism is often published in essay or book form. Academic literary critics teach in literature departments and publish in academic journals, and more popular critics publish their reviews in broadly circulating periodicals such as The Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Review of Books, the London Review of Books, the Dublin Review of Books, The Nation, Bookforum, and The New Yorker.

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1. literary criticism

   Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. It involves analyzing a written work's structure, style, themes, symbols and contextual background in order to understand its meaning and impact. This can include works of fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction. Literary criticism can be influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals.

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1. Literary criticism

   Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals. Though the two activities are closely related, literary critics are not always, and have not always been, theorists. Whether or not literary criticism should be considered a separate field of inquiry from literary theory, or conversely from book reviewing, is a matter of some controversy. For example, the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism draws no distinction between literary theory and literary criticism, and almost always uses the terms together to describe the same concept. Some critics consider literary criticism a practical application of literary theory, because criticism always deals directly with particular literary works, while theory may be more general or abstract. Literary criticism is often published in essay or book form. Academic literary critics teach in literature departments and publish in academic journals, and more popular critics publish their criticism in broadly circulating periodicals such as the Times Literary Supplement, the New York Times Book Review, the New York Review of Books, the London Review of Books, The Nation, and The New Yorker.

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1. • Literary Study
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   The numerical value of literary criticism in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

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   The numerical value of literary criticism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=literary criticism
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Literary_Criticism
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_Criticism
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=literary criticism