if you research the time in which a book is written, you are doing this kind of criticism.
historical criticism
100
These are the 5 components of formalist criticism.
What are plot, character, setting, style and theme?
100
There are the three branches of an act.
What are motive, action and consequence.
100
This kind of criticism might consider the story of Paul on the Road to Damascus.
What is biblical criticism?
200
The three parts of the personality, according to Freud.
id, superego, ego
200
Analyzing whether a book's society is patriarchal or matriarchal would be helpful for this kind of criticism.
microcosm
200
This climax of a plot is dependent on what the primary __________ is.
What is conflict?
200
These words identify good, indifferent, and bad actions (in this order).
What are moral, amoral and immoral?
200
This character is chosen by the community to suffer or die for its sins.
What is a scapegoat?
300
If you ask why a character is acting a certain way, you are doing this kind of criticism
character motivation
300
If a female character embraces a traditional life, but then becomes very ill, it is an example of this.
covert feminist agenda
300
These are 3 ways in which character can be revealed by him or her self alone.
What are the characters words, thoughts and actions.
300
"Language is slippery" is the central idea behind this kind of criticism.
What is deconstructionism?
300
Joseph Campbell's theory is that every story is the same one. This theory is called...
What is the monomyth?
400
If you researched the author's life to find out why he wrote a book about cancer, you are planning to do this kind of criticism.
author's intent
400
According to Marxist criticism, the last two steps for every society are these.
revolution, and then utopia.
400
"The mother roared at the intruder" is an example of this stylistic device.
What is a metaphor?
400
These two words describe one person who thinks that rules always apply, and one who believes that the circumstances matter.
What are an absolutist and a relativist?
400
This man developed the idea that stories fall into one or more seasons.
Who is Northrop Frye?
500
How you interact with a piece of literature leads to this kind of criticism.
reader response
500
This was a common device in Victorian literature, and represents female repression.
What is the Mad Woman in the Attic theory?
500
"Mary wondered what Tom thought of her. Tom wondered what Mary thought of him. If only they would talk to each other" This sentence is an example of this kind of narration (3 elements).
What is 3rd person, omniscient, involved.
500
This is the father of Deconstructionist criticism.
Who is Jacques Derrida?
500
This doomed archetypal character is known best for prophetic visions.