literary criticism

Noun literary criticism has 2 senses

• literary criticism(n = noun.communication) criticism - a written evaluation of a work of literature;
is a kind of piece of writing, writing, written material
has particulars: explication de texte, textual criticism, new criticism, analysis, critical review, critique, review, review article

• literary criticism(n = noun.cognition) lit crit - the informed analysis and evaluation of literature;
is a kind of literary study