Literary Criticism 3

Learn literary criticism types! Identify psychological, biographical, historical, and gender approaches in literary analysis.

The following thesis statement would most likely be found in which type of literary criticism article? In Willa Cather’s short story, “Paul’s Case,” Paul exhibits suicidal behavior that a caring adult might have recognized and remedied had that adult had the scientific knowledge we have today. Psychological Biographical Historical Gender The following thesis statement would most likely be found in which type of literary criticism article?Through the experience of one man, the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, accurately depicts the historical record of slave life in its descriptions of the often brutal and quixotic relationship between master and slave and of the fragmentation of slave families. Gender Formalist Historical Psychological The following thesis statement would most likely be found in which type of literary criticism article?In “Youth,” Joseph Conrad uses the sea as a unifying device for setting, structure and theme. Marxist Biographical Historical Formalist The following thesis statement would most likely be found in which type of literary criticism article?In “I Stand Here Ironing,” one can draw parallels between the narrator’s situation and the author’s life experiences as a mother, writer, and feminist. Biographical Marxist Formalist Cultural The following thesis statement would most likely be found in which type of literary criticism article?A close look at many details in “The Story of an Hour” reveals how language, institutions, and expected demeanor suppress the natural desires and aspirations of women. Psychological Gender Biographical Marxist