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

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

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

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

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

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

Note: This is an academic exercise that takes a feminist critical approach to Sandra Cisneros’s short story “Woman Hollering Creek.” This is not intended to...

Note: This is an academic exercise that uses formalism (new criticism) to examine Sandra Cisneros’s short story “Woman Hollering Creek.” This is not intende...

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

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 literary criticism to ...

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