{"id":227,"date":"2022-07-15T19:51:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/?page_id=227"},"modified":"2026-02-19T20:57:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:57:54","slug":"literary-criticism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/instruction\/i-need-to-2\/literary-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Literary Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What Is Literary Criticism?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Literary criticism is the evaluation of a work, such as a novel or short story, which provides an analysis, interpretation, discussion, and assessment of the work.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Should I Look for in Literary Criticism?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The author of the criticism and his or her credentials<\/li>\n<li>The publication in which the criticism is written<\/li>\n<li>Evidence to support conclusions reached in the criticism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Where Can I Find Literary Criticism?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/proxy\/go.php?url=http:\/\/infotrac.galegroup.com\/itweb\/uiuc_uc?db=LitRC\">Literature Resource Center (GALE)\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Enter the title of the work and\/or the author&#8217;s name in search box(es)<\/li>\n<li>Check the &#8220;Literature Criticism&#8221; box<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy2.library.illinois.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/research.ebsco.com\/c\/2w5hhj\/search\/advanced\/filters?defaultdb=mzh\">MLA International Bibliography\u00a0(EBSCO)<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Enter the title of the work and\/or author&#8217;s name in search box(es)<\/li>\n<li>Enter the word, &#8220;Criticism,&#8221; into an additional search box<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/proxy\/go.php?url=http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/\">Project MUSE<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter the title of the work and\/or the author&#8217;s name, and the word, &#8220;Criticism,&#8221; into the search box<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/proxy\/go.php?url=http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/\">JSTOR<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter the title of the work and\/or the author&#8217;s name, and the word, &#8220;Criticism,&#8221; in the search box<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Library Catalog\" href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?vid=01CARLI_UIU:CARLI_UIU&amp;lang=en\">Library Catalog<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Click &#8220;Advanced Search&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Enter the name of the work and\/or author in the search box(es) (e.g. &#8220;The Bluest Eye&#8221; and &#8220;Toni Morrison&#8221;). To search for a criticism of the author, search their name\u00a0as a subject using the drop-down feature<\/li>\n<li>Enter the word, &#8220;Criticism,&#8221; into an additional search box as needed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is Literary Criticism? Literary criticism is the evaluation of a work, such as a novel or short story, which provides an analysis, interpretation, discussion, and assessment of the work. What Should I Look for in Literary Criticism? The author of the criticism and his or her credentials The publication in which the criticism is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"parent":284,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1734,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227\/revisions\/1734"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}