Assertion: literary criticism | /r/CapableOf | focus the author
Facets:
value: on the text
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Formalist literary criticism focuses on the text as the major artifact worthy of study rather than, say, the author him or herself, the historical time period during which the text was written, how the text responds to gender roles or class concerns during the period, or anything else that exists outside of the text's world itself.