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Literary criticism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Literary criticism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a written evaluation of a work of literature

2

the informed analysis and evaluation of literature

3

The study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.

See Also
four classic novels philology literature contextual criticism literary theory cognitive poetics new criticism biopoetics
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
writing literary study
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
explication de texte textual criticism new criticism analysis review
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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