Literary criticism is simply the lick to disclose a literary work. A literary critic is one who explains or interprets a literary work--its meaning, production, aestheticism, and historical value.
Psychoanalytic Criticism
Psychoanalytic Criticism uses psychoanalysis as a means of explaining the behavior and motives of the characters in a literary work. Psychoanalytic Criticism also explores how the psyche of the author informs the text.Marxist Criticism
Marxist Criticism approaches a literary work from a socioeconomic standpoint. A Marxist critique of a literary work explores how the text intentionally or unintentionally supports capitalism, imperialism or other philosophies.The tools with which a literary critic uses to interpret a text are literary theories. A literary theory is a method for analyzing a literary work. Some critical theories include New Criticism, Psychoanalytic Criticism and Marxist Criticism.
New Criticism
New Criticism is characterized by its emphasis solely on the text. A New Critic approach to a literary work is only concerned with the meaning, irony, ambiguity, symbols and universal themes of the text, without any regard to authorial intent, historical or cultural contexts.
