Deskripsi

In an age of information saturation and interpretive plurality, engaging critically with literature is no longer a purely academic exercise—it is a vital act of cultural participation. Literary criticism, once confined to the ivory towers of elite scholarship, now operates at the crossroads of disciplines, identities, and technologies. Yet, for many students and emerging scholars, literary criticism still appears as an intimidating terrain, divided between dense theory and fragmented methodologies. The abundance of critical perspectives—from classical to contemporary—has, paradoxically, obscured rather than clarified the pathways into meaningful literary engagement.