A form of literary criticism that analyzes the context of the text.

A movement in literary theory that dominated American literary criticism in the middle of the 20th century, emphasizing close reading, particularly of poetry, to discover how a work functions as a self-contained, self-referential aesthetic object.

plural of constructive criticism

plural of contextual criticism

plural of textual criticism

A field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form(s) of a text that is or are possible to retrieve and to explaining any attested variants.

plural of destructive criticism

plural of armchair critic

A person who makes criticisms on a subject they have little knowledge of or practical experience in.

(psychotherapy) A subpersonality that judges and demeans the actions, appearance, etc. of oneself.