My Role as a Literary Critic

First and foremost we should first discuss the definition and use of
literary criticism. Literary criticism is the name given to works written by
experts who critique, analyze the author’s work. It does not mean to
criticize as in complain or disapprove. It is a secondary source. The study
discussion, evaluation and interpretation of literature. It includes the
classification by genre, analysis of structure and judgement of value. It
asks what literature is, “what it does, and what it is worth.” Literary
criticism is the method used to interpret any given work of literature. It
provide us the lenses which ultimately reveal important aspects of
literary work.
A literary critic is a person who judges and comments, evaluates or
analyzes on the qualities and character of literary works. Criticism
means judgement. Therefore, critic’s specific purpose is to make value
judgements on a work, to explain my interpretation on literary text, or to
provide other readers with relevant historical or biographical information.
A critic can mediate between the reader and the text, the reader and the
author and between text and text. My role as a literary critic is that I can
shape literary sensibilities, which means I can explore the deep meaning
or worth of the literary text. I Make the reader aware of the complexities
of literature and why some works are considered classics and others not.
Most of all, I can make others also into capable critics of their times and
contexts and other times in terms of theory and analysis and practice. In
short, my general purpose is to enrich the readers understanding of the
literary work.
The purpose for writing a critique is to evaluate somebody's work
in order to increase the reader's understanding of it. A critical analysis is
subjective writing because it expresses the writer's opinion or evaluation
of a text. Analysis means to break down and study the parts. Although
the interpretation of literature can be challenging, it may also provide
unique and important rewards. For instances, authors of fiction, poetry,
or drama choose literature for their expression because they believe that
there are at least two valid sides to any major issue--not just a simple
right and wrong. Reading and interpreting literature, then, nourishes us
with a sense of the complexity of life's deepest mysteries-- love, hate,
death, conflicts between the individual and society, and so on--so that
when we approach these problems we do so with greater self-awareness
and greater tolerance for the views of others. We may react angrily to a
news feature about physically abused children, but when we read a story
like James Joyce's "Counterparts" we are asked to understand (without
necessarily excusing such an action) the reasons why an adult would hit
a harmless child. When we interpret literature at this level, we are taking
what we already know about human nature and adding in the experience
and wisdom of the author (even if we don't share all of the author's
convictions). Interpretation then is a social act-we bring to it all of our
past experiences with people, and we come away with an even richer,
more complex understanding
To critique a piece of writing is to do the following: describe or give
the reader a sense of the writer’s overall purpose and intent, secondly,
analyze or examine how the structure and language of the text convey its
meaning and interpret or state the significance or importance of each
part of the text. Lastly, assess or make a judgment of the work’s worth or
value.
In conclusion, A literary critic is a person who judges and
comments, evaluates or analyzes on the qualities and character of
literary works. My role as a critic is to evaluate somebody's work in
order to increase the reader's understanding of it.