LibGuides: ENC 1102: Finding Literary Criticism & More (Dale Mabry): Critical lenses

What is literary criticism? How do critical lenses fit in?

Literary criticism can be defined as analysis and interpretation of literary works by scholars who are writing for an academic audience.

Often times these scholars are examining one or more literary works through particular theories or critical lenses. Learn about many of these perspectives by exploring the resources on this page.

Literary Theory, from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This artcle identifies and defines many literary theories or critical lenses. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a peer-reviewed resource from the University of Tennessee at Martin.

Tim Nance on YouTube

Tim Nance's complete playlist

Includes:

What is literary criticism?
New criticism
Reader response
Deconstruction
Psychological criticism
Feminist criticism
Historical criticism
The Hero's Journey

Matt Alberhasky on YouTube

Matt Alberhasky's complete playlist

Includes:

Race Ethnicity analysis
Formalism
New historical analysis
Feminist criticism
Psychoanalytic theory
Structuralism
Queer theory
Deconstruction theory