The LitCritToolKit
This is an introduction to literary theory
Literary theory creates questions, not answers
Each kind of literary theory creates a different kind of question
This resource applies the different literary theories to the same text
This text is the beginning of Charlotte Brontė's Jane Eyre
To understand each literary theory, you must understand the questions each raises
When these questions become old, new theories are developed to create new questions
This is how the industry of literary criticism functions
Click on a literary theory to begin and hover the mouse over words highlighted in blue
This is an introduction to literary theory