Formalist Approaches literature as a whole and self- contained work Explication Repetition Rhyme...

•Approaches literature as a whole and self-contained work•Explication•Repetition•Rhyme

•Analysis

•Language is unstable

•Example: How hot is hot?•No meaning to the work

The incessant pushing of Green Eggs and Ham, by Sam-I-Am is yet another move by the bourgeois elite to control individuals and create more profit for themselves.

•Culture•Knowledge•Socioeconomic Status

An adolescent’s coming to terms with their sexual awakening.

There is no point in writing books if there is no one left to read them.

•Gambling man?•Creating beginner books•Spreading messages

•Generational Split•Radical ideas•Individuality

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Classic retelling of a Hero’s journey

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The lack of designated gender roles allows the reader to break free of traditional stereotypes.

How does Sam-I-Am know Green Eggs and Ham are good?

In Conclusion – what is Criticism as it applies to literature?

}A lens that focuses on certain aspects of the text and expands on the texts implications in a way the writer may not have necessarily intended.

}It also serves as a guideline to illuminate aspects of a text that the reader may have missed originally.

}A tool to open dialogue and create understanding