Literary criticism

Literary criticism is the study, discussion, 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.

See also

• Literary theory
• Marxist literary criticism
• Feminist literary criticism
• Psychoanalytic literary criticism
• Semiotic literary criticism
• Genre studies
• Hysterical realism
• Modern Language Association