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Reader-Response Critical Approach
focuses on the reader and the reading process--not on the text itself; rejection of the idea that there is a fixed meaning in a work of literature; led to reading circles, journal writing, and peer writing exercises
Shared Inquiry Approach
involves a leader and a group; the participants are guided in their interpretation of the writing ; uses the text, one's own experience, and reasoning to reach interpretation; debate is characteristic of this method
Historical criticism
uses history to understand a literary work more clearly; the social and intellectual currents of the time
Textual criticism
uses recension (selection of most trustworthy evidence to base a text) and emendation (effort to eliminate all errors)
Feminist criticism
seeks to correct or to supplement what is regarded as a predominantly male-dominated critical perspective with a female conscious
Biographical criticism
uses knowledge of the author's life experiences to gain a better understand of the writer's work
Cultural criticism
focuses on the historical, social, an economic contexts of a work
Formal criticism
pays particular attention to formal elements of the work such as language, structure, and tone
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