Below you will find example sentences with "literary criticism". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Literary Criticism in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: criticism
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.5 words

Words in this phrase

literary criticism

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • literary can mean: Relating to literature. Frequent word
  • criticism can mean: The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and local literary criticism 1× as other literary criticism race gender 1× contributions to literary criticism and literary 1× critics consider literary criticism a practical 1× english language literary criticism 1× forms of literary criticism it has 1× forms of literary criticism psychoanalytic criticism 1× gautier s literary criticism was more 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

abrams essay has 1× although chiefly remembered 1× although his first 1× although his membership 1× application of deconstruction 1× aronson 1980 157 1×

Common sentence endings:

of literary criticism 3× and literary biography 1× and post structuralism 1× collection of sketches 1× criticism including philology 1× early twentieth century 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

theory 6× works 3× wrote 3× new 3× poetry 3× although 3× forms 2× almost 2× same 2× critics 2× application 2× literature 2×

Related phrases

literary works literary festival literary theory faced criticism literary critic literary work

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around criticism:

faced criticism 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

literary critic list includes lisa marie liquor stores liquid water liquid phase

Just after it in the phrase index:

literary festival literary theory literary work literary works literature festival literature main

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

literary works literary festival literary theory literary critic literary work

Same ending:

faced criticism

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "literary criticism" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 24.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and local literary criticism, as other literary criticism race gender, theory, works and wrote stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with literary works, literary festival, literary theory and faced criticism, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with literary criticism

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Abrams' essay has been called a "touchstone of literary criticism". (10 words)

His art criticism involved an aestheticism like that of his literary criticism. (12 words)

There are several literary magazines that publish Slovene prose, poetry, essays, and local literary criticism. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Like all forms of literary criticism, psychoanalytic criticism can yield useful clues to the sometime baffling symbols, actions, and settings in a literary work; however, like all forms of literary criticism, it has its limits. (35 words)

Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. (34 words)

For example, the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism citation draws no distinction between literary theory and literary criticism, and almost always uses the terms together to describe the same concept. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Like all forms of literary criticism, psychoanalytic criticism can yield useful clues to the sometime baffling symbols, actions, and settings in a literary work; however, like all forms of literary criticism, it has its limits.

For example, the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism citation draws no distinction between literary theory and literary criticism, and almost always uses the terms together to describe the same concept.

Some critics consider literary criticism a practical application of literary theory, because criticism always deals directly with particular literary works, while theory may be more general or abstract.

Aronson 1980: 157 Literature Sartre wrote successfully in a number of literary modes and made major contributions to literary criticism and literary biography.

Current state Today, interest in literary theory and continental philosophy coexists in university literature departments with a more conservative literary criticism of which the New Critics would probably have approved.

Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism.

The modern sense of "literary theory," however, dates only to approximately the 1950s, when the structuralist linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure began strongly to influence English language literary criticism.

There are several literary magazines that publish Slovene prose, poetry, essays, and local literary criticism.

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All of these authors demonstrate that science fiction criticism tackles the same questions as other literary criticism: race, gender, and the politics of Feminism itself.

Criticism As with any contributor to the Western Canon, Racine has been subjected to many generations of literary criticism.

Gautier's literary criticism was more reflective in nature, criticism which had no immediate commercial function but simply appealed to his own taste and interests.

His art criticism involved an aestheticism like that of his literary criticism.

The New Criticism However important all of these aesthetic movements were as antecedents, current ideas about literary criticism derive almost entirely from the new direction taken in the early twentieth century.

Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays.

He published a wide variety of books, ranging from works of literary criticism to poetry, as well as 10 novels and a collection of sketches.

Granted, literary criticism is an acquired taste and will probably not be the most popular content (though we can dream).

Abrams' essay has been called a "touchstone of literary criticism".

Although chiefly remembered as a novelist, Williams also published poetry, works of literary criticism, theology, drama, history, biography, and a voluminous number of book reviews.

Although his membership in Class IV, Section 1 (Philosophy and Religious Studies) was rejected; he was subsequently elected to Class IV, Section 3 (Literary Criticism, including Philology).

Application of deconstruction Derrida's observations have had a large influence on literary criticism and post-structuralism.

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