literary criticism vs new criticism

literary criticism and new criticism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
literary criticism	Yes	No	No	No
new criticism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, new criticism is a hyponym of literary criticism; that is, new criticism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than literary criticism:

literary criticism: a written evaluation of a work of literature
new criticism: literary criticism based on close analysis of the text

Other hyponyms of literary criticism include explication de texte, textual criticism, analysis, critical review, critique, review, review article, critical apparatus.

literary criticism (noun)	new criticism (noun)
the informed analysis and evaluation of literature	literary criticism based on close analysis of the text
a written evaluation of a work of literature

literary criticism vs new criticism

literary criticism and new criticism both are nouns.

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