literary criticism

Noun

Meaning

the informed analysis and evaluation of literature

a written evaluation of a work of literature

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Synonyms

criticism lit crit interpretation investigation revealing critique hermeneutics divulgation revealment exegetics infinito book review tipoff textual criticism unmasking
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Antonyms

hiding lack of evaluation no comments no criticism lack of estimation no estimation
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Hypernyms

writing piece of writing literary study written material

Hyponyms

analysis review critique review article new criticism textual criticism

Related terms

literary theory

Examples

Literary criticism has about it neither rigour nor proof. Where it is honest, it is passionate, private experience seeking to persuade. George Steiner

Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom. John Kenneth Galbraith

The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive. Clifford Geertz

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic. Anne Stevenson

I still found literary criticism to be a suspect activity. Alison Bechdel

As for literary criticism in general: I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split. Kurt Vonnegut

Close letter words and terms

literary craft literary creation literary critic literary device literary devices in literature literary double