Stop and smell the roses. Sit back and daydream about being in that situation. Try to identify with the characters. We are going to talk about critical theories. These sound a lot harder than they actually are.
Critical theories are like officials in a football game.
There are several officials, and each one is responsible for monitoring a certain part of the game. While one official is busy looking for fouls, another is watching where the ball travels. Reading great literature requires similar perspectives. T here are many critical theories, but we are going to focus on eight. This theory looks for structure and detail.