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British American Li ry History and Selected Readings Grading Assessment Class participation assignments (20%) Essay writing (20%) Final exam (60%) Aim of the Course the classics of English and American li ture critical skills sensitivity to the subtle beauty of the li ry language the habits of critical inquiry, serious reflection and aesthetic appreciation What is li ture? Li ture concretizes an array of human values, emotion, actions, and ideas in story form. (Bressler) It is this concretization that allows us to experience vicariously the stories of a host of characters. Why do we read li ture? Li ture offers both pleasure and illumination. It enriches our lives and increases our capacities for understanding and communication. Finding meaning in our world and expressing it and sharing it with others is the most human activity of our existence. Li ry criticism: A Brief Intro Criticism, or more specifically li ry criticism, is the overall term for studies concerned with defining, classifying, yzing, interpreting, and evaluating works of li ture. A critic theory is a way to approach a text to gain a better understanding of its meaning. A theory changes with time and new theories are always being added to the traditional. Critical Approaches to Li ture Psycho ytic criticism Formalism, structuralism, then post-structuralism, New Criticism Deconstruction Marxist criticism Feminist criticism Ecocriticism Postcolonial criticism Comparative Li ture Reader-Response Criticism New Historicism Sociological criticism Mythological and Archetypal approaches … New criticism Takes a text as an autonomous object, non-related