Editing Literary Criticism (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''Literary Criticism''' — The analysis and judgment of the merits and faults of a literary work.
* '''Literary Theory''' — The systematic study of the nature of literature and the methods for analyzing it.
* '''Canon''' — The set of books considered most important or "classic" in a culture.
* '''Genre''' — A category of artistic composition (e.g., Tragedy, Comedy, Sci-Fi).
* '''Motif''' — A recurring element, image, or idea in a work of literature.
* '''Close Reading''' — The careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of text.
* '''Intertextuality''' — The relationship between texts; how one book refers to or "talks" to another.
* '''Subtext''' — The underlying or implicit meaning in a dialogue or scene.
* '''Formalism''' — An approach that focuses only on the text itself (words, structure) and ignores the author's life or history.
* '''Marxist Criticism''' — Analyzing literature as a reflection of class struggle and economic power.
* '''Feminist Criticism''' — Analyzing literature to reveal gender bias and the representation of women.
* '''Post-Colonial Criticism''' — Analyzing literature from formerly colonized nations to understand the impact of empire.
* '''Deconstruction''' — A method of analysis that seeks to reveal the contradictions and unstable meanings in a text.
* '''Psychoanalytic Criticism''' — Analyzing literature through the lens of Freud or Jung (unconscious desires, archetypes).
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