In a 5 page MLA format essay, you will analyze Julia Alvarez’s "Before We Were Free" and write a literary critique based on one of literary theory below:
Marxism – which emphasizes themes of class conflict
New Historicism – which examines the work through its historical context and seeks to understand cultural and intellectual history through literature
Gender – which emphasizes themes of gender relations
Formalism – a school of literary criticism and literary theory having mainly to do with structural purposes of a particular text
Literary criticism analyzes fiction, poetry, drama and some types of non-fiction by considering key issues such as plot, character, setting, theme, imagery, and voice. Literary criticism may also consider the effectiveness of a work of literature, but it’s important to note that in this context the word “criticism” doesn’t simply mean finding fault with the writing but rather looking at it from a critical or analytical viewpoint in order to understand it better.
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