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Directions: Summarize what you have read by completing the table with what you understood.

APPROACHES IN WHAT IT IS (DEFINITION) HOW IT IS DONE

LITERARY CRITICISM (TECHNIQUE IN WRITING)
Example: This approach regards literature as “a A primary goal for formalist critics is to
1. Formalism unique form of human knowledge that determine how elements of form (style,
needs to be examined on its own terms.” structure, tone, imagery, etc.) work
together with the text’s content to shape
its effects upon readers.