What Is Literary Analysis, Exactly?

Literary interpretation is fundamentally interested in the question of what a text means. What is this text about? What ideas does this text communicate?

What is literary analysis?

Literary Analysis Literary interpretation is fundamentally interested in the question of what a text means. What is this text about? What ideas does this text communicate?  To answer the fundamental questions, we pursue a diagnostic analysis of the text, assessing the structure of a work and its component parts. Then we step back and analyze the text

Introducing Philo Culturo

Philo Culturo is a web project dedicated to the English and literature classroom. Materials for students and teachers on topics ranging from essay basics to critical theory are presented alongside full free versions of public domain texts. You may be surprised at how many big name titles are in the public domain now. Take a