how do you write a literary criticism?
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Pick a subject you find interesting in Candide and write your view on it. Interpret what Voltaire is trying to say. Like for example, an obvious choice would be religion. Write what you think was Voltaire's view on religion and the way he conveyed it through Candide. \n\nHope this helps  : )
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1. analyze the title (what does it mean?);\n2. write the central idea (or argument), which is, obviously, related to the title;\n3. try to understand what the author is DOING (comparing, contrasting, refuting an idea, etc.);\n4. see if there are two opposing viewpoints; if so, which one does the author favor?\n5. reread the conclusion: how does the author sum up what (s)he has just discussed?\n6. try to come up with at least 3 key-words (these are directly related to content);\n7. based on the key-words (that is, on the ideas behind them), write a critical evaluation of the author´s thesis (= central argument).\nGood luck!
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I think you are asking how to write a precis?  To do a precis, you have to write a shortened version of the paragraph or essay, restating exactly what the author has written, but making it much shorter.  You almost need to sum up a paragraph in a sentence or two.\n\nFirst, read through the piece of writing and underline the key points.  Then think of shorter ways you could say the same thing.  Think of different words with the same meaning.   Make an outline of these main ideas.  Write sentences using the outline.  Count how many words you have.  For example, if there were about 500 words in the original piece, your precis should be no more than 100 words.  If it is too long, look at it again and make more changes.\n\nWriting a good precis takes lots of practice.  It is much more difficult to write clearly, precisely and succinctly than it is to say the same thing using 5 times as many words.\n\nThese sites should help you.
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Online Literary Criticism Collection  \nOnline Literary Criticism Collection Online Literary Criticism Collection "The IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection contains 4745 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or ...www.ipl.org/div/litcrit - More from this site - Save\nWikipedia: Literary criticism  \nLiterary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals.\nQuick Links: History of literary criticism - Classical and medieval criticism - Renaissance criticism\nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_criticism - 25k - Cached - More from this site - Save\nOnline Literary Criticism Guide  \nTRY THESE
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to analysis a story you do it in seperate paragraphs.\n\nyou analysis the characters first\n\nthen you analysis the setting\n\nyou analysis the theme \n\nyou analysis the autmosphere\n\nyou ananlysis the moral of the story \n\n\nthis is the most basic and fastest way to tell you how to do it
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1) Read lots of good modern contemporary poetry\n\n2) Write in free verse\n\n3) Think in specific concrete/sensory details to lead people to experience the poem\n\n4) If any abstract words creep in, cut them out.  Find specific ways of communicating the same info.\n\n5) If any cliches come into your writing, cut them as well.\n\n6)  Pick two representive compounds and describe them in detail.  Describe what happens if you put them together.  Describe interactions, the lab, the equipment...etc....\n\n7) DO NOT use anybody's first four lines, that is plagarism.  Furthermore they are likely to be very different then what you would write, and thus make a major headache for you in unifyingi your poem.  You chose a difficult topic, but YOU need to make it work for yourself.  You sell yourself short by asking for four lines prefab.\n\n8) NO RHYMING WHATSOEVER  Rhyme does not work without meter.  It is a very difficult task to be able to write good sensoraily detailed poems in meter, and adding creating non-sing songy rhymes slant rhymes and such is a difficult skill that only practiced poets should attempt.
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Begin with Dear Formal Name.  Before you start, answer these 4 questions in complete sentences.  This might sound silly, but it is quite effective.\n\n1.  What is my topic?\n\n2.  What is the purpose of this essay?  Complete:  I want to _________________.  \n\n3.  Who is my audience?\n\n4.  Write your "working" thesis statement (to be tweaked in revision).  \n\nEven though it sounds silly, this is one of the most important parts of organizing an essay.  We often have an idea of what we want to write, and may think we are quite focused.  However, I often find that I wasn't really as focused as I thought when I complete this simple worksheet.  \n\nSince this is a letter, you want to keep it short.  Choose three specific points to argue.\n\nWrite an outline.  Yes, I really do write outlines for important letters.  \n\nDon't wait until the last minute.  Allow time for at least 3 revisions.  Also, you should allow enough time to "walk away" for 24 hours before the last revision.  That way you view it with a fresh mind.  \n\nPROOFREAD!!!!  \n\nUse the first person as little as possible.  That is sometimes difficult in a letter, but it can be accomplished.  Do NOT begin a sentence with "I think."  Ther reader knows you think it.  Otherwise you would not be saying it.  \n\nEven those this is a letter, it is still formal writing.  Therefore you should eliminate the 2nd person altogether during revision.  \n\nThis sounds like an important letter, so you should take the time to really polish it up.  The more professional you sound, the more seriously you will be taken.  \n\nGood luck!
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I would first decide what the overarching theme was - what was the point?  How did the characters grow, or learn, or change?  Were there any counterpoints or sub-plots that reenforced that theme?  \n\nSecond, I would go into detail how the author developed the character, or characters, and the plots and sub/counter plots all in the effort to develop the theme.  This should be the main focus of the essay.  Describe how the theme(s) all come together to reach the author's intended conclusion\n\nNext and finally, I would give my criticism of the book.  Was the buildup enough.  Were the various plots resolved, were the various themes concluded?  Did the author effectively use imagry, plot movement, all the literary devices available to effectively get his/her theme across.  How successful was he?\n\nFinally, be sure to construct all of these into a standard essay.
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Writing is an art, and as any art must be practiced. You can write about anything you find interesting and worthwhile telling about. The best you can do is to combine reading with writing. As you read study the authors style, technique and genre. As you do that try to describe what the story was about, what captivated your attention and think of ways you would change the story to make a different version or perhaps became a character in that story. Possibilities are limited only by your imagination. \n\nIf you must write an essay then first sketch an outline shaping the conflict, beginning, the end and the conclusion. When you do that keep the reader in mind by providing a logical (sequential) development of ideas. The reader likes to be surprised however one does not want to spend much time in figuring out a poorly told story.\n\nWhat ever you do have patience. Sometimes it’s the process and not the results that really matter. \n\nGo and have fun!
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS\n\nThe purpose for writing a critique is to evaluate somebody's work (a book, an essay, a movie, a painting...) in order to increase the reader's understanding of it. \n\nA critical analysis is subjective writing because it expresses the writer's opinion or evaluation of a text. Analysis means to break down and study the parts. Writing a critical paper requires two steps: critical reading and critical writing.\n\nhttp://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/elejeune/critique.htm\n\nhttp://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.html\n\nhttp://www.bcc.ctc.edu/writinglab/CriticalAnalysis.html\n\nhttp://users.utu.fi/bredelli/cda.html\n\nCRITICAL ANALYSIS\n\nIf your instructor has asked you to write a critical analysis for class, you probably have some questions. Let’s discuss first what a critical analysis is not. A critical analysis is not\n\nhttp://www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/mc/support/cwc/fpages/Critical_Analysis.html\n\nBasic Structure\n\nhttp://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/\n\nGood luck.\n\nKev, Liverpool, England.
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Tips for Writing an Argumentative Paper\n\nDr. Dyson’s tips for writing the \nARGUMENTATIVE RESEARCH PAPER\n\n1) By definition, an argumentative paper must have a THESIS. Your goal is to persuade your reader of a particular interpretation, not to describe a subject textbook-style. Be sure that you know and make clear to your reader what your point is. \n2) Avoid colloquialisms and very long paragraphs unless you have some pressing need for them (laziness does not count). \n3) Do not use subject headings: this is an argument, not a textbook. \n4) Do not just plunk down quotations: discuss them. This is important. Though often difficult, analyzing texts is the heart of scholarship. In general, long quotations should not end a paragraph. \n5) Footnote clearly, making it obvious what is your original contribution and what is not. \n6) Include a title page at the beginning and a list of "Works Cited" at the end. \n7) Cite ancient works by parenthetical references within the text, not by footnotes: e.g., (Iliad 10.45-53), (Aen. 6.112-23), (Suet. Aug. 44). Most ancient poetic works have book and line numbers, while most ancient prose works are divided into numbered sections. DO NOT refer to ancient works by page number within the translation unless there is no other way (as when translators, irresponsibly, neglect to give line or section numbers). Be sure to list the translations you use in your "Works Cited." \n8) Number your pages, starting with the first page of the text (not the title page). The length requirement given means text + footnotes; the list of works cited should be numbered but does not count for length (e.g. it would be page 11 of a 10-page paper). Staple the pages once in the upper left-hand corner. Do NOT use a folder. \n9) Indent and single-space quotations longer than 4 lines. \n10) Master The Elements of Style, the best guide to writing English prose. (If nothing else, obey this command: "Do not join independent clauses by a comma." I HATE comma splices.) Treasure this gem from the Introduction: \nVigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.\n11) On bibliography: in general, \n- A few well-chosen sources are better than many ill-chosen ones. \n- Look first for things published recently and by major presses. \n- Journal articles are the life-blood of scholarship in many fields. Put in your interlibrary loan requests early (expect at least a 2-week delay). \n- Secondary literature should be used to stimulate your thinking and alert you to the issues other scholars have found important. The main focus should be your own analysis of primary evidence.\n12) Read the paper aloud once you have finished. Never write a sentence you would be ashamed to say. And remember, good writing is rewriting what you have already rewritten.\n\nClick this website for more information that might be helpful;\nhttp://home.att.net/~profmulder/ESSAY.htm\n\nTopics for Writing\n\nBioethics ethics in Life Sciences \nAssisted Suicide \nGenetic Research \nComputing Issues the social implications \nIntellectual Property & Piracy \nCybercrime and Privacy \nConstitutional Issues our rights under the Constitution \nGun Control \nThe Death Penalty \nSocial Concerns quality of life \nAnimal Rights\nGambling\nGay Marriages \nEducation Issues our public schools\n         Testing to Improve Educational Standards\n         School Choice - charter schools & vouchers\n         Intercollegiate Athletics and Ethics \n\nI got these suggestions from this website;\nhttp://www.gc.maricopa.edu/English/topicarg.html\nIf you go to this website you can click on the topic you like and get information about that
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You find plenty of examples of people (most of them amateurs) giving their opinion on this poem simply by using the search engine google.com and search on the text strings "emily dickinson"  and "hope" -- or, better still, "emily dickinson"  and "thing with feathers". \n\nHowever, if you want a link to some REAL literary criticism I suggest you go to the Dickinson pages of the Online Literary Criticism Collection. It's a personal favourite of mine, though perhaps a bit too "academic"  for a school essay. Anyway, here it is: http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?au=dic-61
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First of all, u need to know exactly what ur gonna write about, set the exact content and organization for it. Start by a catchy intro, a question, anecdote, quotation and so on. Write the intro from general to specific and only mention the exact topic of urs in the last sentence after having talked about the history or such. For every body paragraph, try to do ur best in unfiying the topic about it and metnion it generally in the 1st sentence. Write a good conclusion by giving a suggestion, recommendation, advice or even summarize what u have mentioned in the body par. \nThru doing this u have to take PERFECT care of ur grammar and ur choice of Vocabulary.\nEvery par should not beless than 6 sentences MINIMUM to be of a decent content.
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That's usually called "Writer's Block", which I get here and there.  Some ways to help me loosen up is to be willing to sound like a fool, maybe think of writing something that many people would disagree with you.  Write things you're passionate about or things you hate, express your opinions rather than trying to make sense or prove something.  Keep in mind that we're all imperfect, so your readers will relate in some shape or form with what you're saying.
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basically they are asking you to describe the characters.also you can enhance your vocabulary by using new words like forexample: in some ways i woulddescribing this character actions as grusome, menacing,unmerciful,and truly over bearing. i mean dont wright all 4 words in one sentence. and that was an example. well you can restate each question. \n\nbut first you can make a draft and than make an outline and use your notes as reference and start from there.\n\nFor example you could start by saying Based on the  play Death Of A Salesman the death of willy loman was a very tragic situation. and many felt he was hero. or something like that. i really dont know. you can first try  on your own if that does notwirk than email me back with your results ok bye.
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criticise should be criticize
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try this method\nhttp://www.foothilltech.org/mshibuya/scientificpaperoutline.pdf\nIts a little too late to begin developing a writing style\ngood luck, let me know how it went