#newcriticism

Sound in Shakespeare's "Tempest": A Formalist Approach

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

A Formalist Reading of "Woman Hollering Creek"

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

A Toolbox for Understanding Literature: Seven Critical Approaches

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...