Literary Criticism

Literary criticism is the assessment or interpretation of someones writing. It's the perception of what the reader believes. It is not always negative but there is also positive criticism as well. The majority of times it is done by professional interpreter's, who's job is to critique different text. The fact that it might be negative or positive is besides the point. The importance of literary criticism is that it asks questions. The interpretation asks questions about the literary work that might bring something out, for readers, that they might not have seen while reading the text themselves. It also makes the reader want to look deeper in to what he or she might be reading. Literary criticism also brings books, articles, magazines or any other type of writing to life in it's own way. It does this by introducing them to the world. At the same time that interpreters have their critique on someones text, you and I might form our own opinion. We will form our own opinion to the work itself as well as the interpretation. We, in return, get help from this because it helps us learn what direction to view different types of writing. This can be considered as a crutch to writers because it gives them an outside view of their own work.