Kurt Vonnegjut, Jr.'s Slaughterhouse Five displays a monotonous indifference to death, human cruelty, and suffering. An extreme relativis...

Note: This paper provides literature students with an example of the biographical and mimetic approaches to literature. Elizabeth Evans, ...

Note: The following analysis is an example of the historical biographical approach to literature. In his article "Political Interpretatio...

This academic exercise takes a formalist approach to William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. It is not intended to be a well-developed cr...

Note: This is an academic exercise that takes a historical / biographical critical approach to Sandra Cisneros’s short story, "Never Mar...

Note: This is an academic exercise that takes a psychological critical approach to Erin McGraw’s short story, "A Thief." This is not int...

Note: This is an academic exercise that takes a feminist critical approach to Sandra Cisneros’s short story “Woman Hollering Creek.” Thi...

Note: This is an academic exercise that uses formalism (new criticism) to examine Sandra Cisneros’s short story “Woman Hollering Creek.” ...

Note: This is an academic exercise that takes a symbolic approach to Kate Chopin’s novelette. This is not intended to be a well-develope...

The toolbox of literary criticism offers us a variety of ways to tinker with the text until we have a better understanding. We can use li...

During my twenty years as editor and publisher of Ancient Paths literary magazine, several thousand poems have come across my desk for co...