Of or involving the academic study of the origin, context, and development of a cultural phenomenon in order to inform a critical understanding of…

Of, relating to, or designating the relationship between literary texts. In later use chiefly Literary Criticism: designating literary criticism…

= form-critical adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of New Criticism or New Critics.

An admirer or follower of F. R. Leavis or his writings and ideas; = Leavisian, n.

= Leavisite, adj.

Belonging to or characteristic of either Thomas Arnold or his son Matthew Arnold.

Of, designating, or adhering to any analytical approach which emerged after structuralism in the discipline concerned; = post-structuralist, adj.

Of, designating, or adhering to any analytical approach which emerged after structuralism in the discipline concerned; spec. of, relating to, or…

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the theories or writings of Barthes.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the theories and methods of critical analysis associated with Jacques Derrida, esp. deconstruction (deconstru…

Of, relating to, or involving narratology.

Characterized by deconstruction (sense b).

Relating to or characteristic of new historicism.