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Literature criticism

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Literature criticism

This learning plan is essential for anyone seeking to engage seriously with literature beyond surface-level reading. It's ideal for literature students, educators, aspiring critics, and avid readers who want to understand the theoretical frameworks that shape contemporary literary discourse and develop the analytical skills to interpret texts with intellectual rigor.

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  • Master close reading and textual analysis techniques to interpret literature with depth and precision
  • Gain fluency in major critical theories including psychoanalysis, structuralism, and formalism to apply multiple interpretive lenses
  • Develop skills to analyze how power, gender, race, and colonialism shape literary texts through Marxist, feminist, and postcolonial frameworks
  • Navigate postmodern and deconstructive approaches to question traditional notions of meaning, authorship, and interpretation
  • Build a comprehensive critical toolkit for producing sophisticated literary analysis in academic and professional contexts

Master the essential skills of close reading, textual analysis, and interpretive thinking that form the bedrock of all literary criticism.

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