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Literary Criticism

Little Red Riding Hood The Wolf evil, male dominance RRH subconscious, threatening aspect of society

Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood innocence, helpless female, faith and trust, victim in society

Little Red Riding Hood The Story triumph of good over evil, Saving the damsel in distress, maturity of girl into awareness of reality, liberation of a socially marginalized group

Literary Criticism Analyzes What literature is What it does What it is worth

Literary Critics Look at Effect upon reader and society Evaluate Structure Language Content Characters Themes Tone Effect upon reader and society Evaluate Significance of work Its moral worth Its relationship to reality

The House of the Spirits One of the 1st women author to be recognized in male-dominated Latin American literary scene (Feminist Criticism) Historical Quality to the novel (Historical Criticism) Powerful characters and relationships (Psychological Criticism) Socialism/Marxism government and ideals (Marxism Criticism)

Feminist Criticism Feminism as a movement Related to psychology as it explores differences between Male language and creativity Female language and creativity Importance of unique female perspective of women writing about women Reveal, encourage and emphasize female writers significant within themselves Female writers give an authentic, experienced voice to their female characters

Historical Criticism Looks at forces in history that are present and influence a literary work Focus and interprets literature Social Economic Political Author’s ancestry, environment and time influence Nature Style Content Quality of work

Psychological Criticism Looks at symbols and elements of plot that represent the human unconsciousness Reflective of Myths Archetype

Jungian psychology The Anima The Animus The Shadow The Spirit Represents love and desire Mother, sister, daughter, beloved, goddess, earth mother, tempting whore, crone The Animus Represents reason Father, brother, a god, protector, lover, and destroying angel The Shadow Represents the side that a person rejects Seen as negative, even evil The Spirit Symbolized by wise old man or woman

Marxist Criticism based on socialist theories Reflections of the social institutions Literature has a specific function and is based on the background and ideology of the author Terry Eagleton, English literary critic and cultural theorist: how novels get published and whether they mention the working class. forms, styles and meanings as the product of a particular social history. simplest goals an assessment of the political 'tendency' of a literary work, determining whether its social content or its literary form is 'progressive'. analyzing the class constructs demonstrated in the literature.