literary criticism

English

Noun

literary criticism (uncountable)

1. (literature) The study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.

   Synonym: (informal) lit crit

   • 1946, George Orwell, Politics and the English Language:

     In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.

Related terms

• literary theory

Translations

study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 文學批評／文学批评 (wénxué pīpíng)

• Czech: literární kritika f
• Dutch: literatuurkritiek f, literaire kritiek f
• Faroese: bókmentaummæli n
• Finnish: kirjallisuuskritiikki
• French: critique littéraire (fr) f
• German: Literaturkritik (de) f
• Hungarian: irodalomkritika (hu)
• Irish: critic liteartha f
• Malayalam: സാഹിത്യ വിമർശനം (sāhitya vimaṟśanaṁ)
• Persian: نقد ادبی
• Romanian: critică literară (ro) f
• Russian: литерату́рная кри́тика f (literatúrnaja krítika)
• Scottish Gaelic: breithneachadh-litreachais m
• Spanish: crítica literaria f
• Swedish: litteraturkritik (sv) c
• Tagalog: pamumunang pampanitikan
• Ukrainian: літерату́рна кри́тика f (literatúrna krýtyka)
• Yiddish: ליטעראַרישע קריטיק f (literarishe kritik)