Critical Approaches

Focuses on the interaction between the reader and the text.

Focuses on the structure, form, and literary elements of the text.

Focuses on man’s relationships to others in society, politics, religion, and economics.

Focuses on the author's background and how it has impacted the literature.

Focuses on images of gender and concepts of gender roles in the text. ​

Focuses on connections to other literature, mythological and biblical allusions, and other archetypes.​

Focuses on morality, human nature, and the author’s attitude towards his world.

Focuses on historical conditions and how this context impacted the literature.

Evaluates the thoughts, motivations, actions, development, and subconscious of the characters.