Means the study and analysis of literature. This study helps identify on what perspective a critique focuses on.

argues that archetypes determine the form and function of literary works, that a text's meaning is shaped by cultural and psychological myths.

“begins with the simple but central insight that literature is written by actual people and that understanding an author’s life can help readers more thoroughly comprehend the work.”

examines how sexual identity influences the creation and reception of literary works.”

regards literature as “a unique form of human knowledge that needs to be examined on its own terms.”

seeks to understand a literary work by investigating the social, cultural, and intellectual context that produced it—a context that necessarily includes the artist’s biography and milieu.”

Takes as a fundamental tenet that “literature” exists not as an artifact upon a printed page but as a transaction between the physical text and the mind of a reader.

reflects the effect that modern psychology has had upon both literature and literary criticism.

Literature appeals to everyone regardless of culture, time and race.

It possesses beauty or aesthetic appeal.

It activates the use of critical thinking or logical skills, reaching to a realization of fundamental truths.

It reveals the underlying messages of archetypes to real events or life itself.

It aims to motivate and inspire from the values presented.

It draws out the time factor: Timeliness, occurring at a particular time and timelessness, endures throughout time.

It depicts how man sees life through manner of construction and conveyance of ideas in the context

It is the process of translating a creative work from one medium to another or getting the juices from it and crafting a new version or story.

This theory Evaluates the faithfulness of adaptation to the original piece.

This theory focuses on the effectivity of the adaptation to convey the ‘spirit’ of the original text.

A theory that sees a written work and its adaptation different.

Also known as neo-classical or neo-Aristotelian, does not put emphasis on the fidelity or sameness of adaptation to the original text.

Students individually assess one another based on their level of contribution or participation in the group.