Applying Literary Criticism to a Short Story

choose one form of literary criticism (formalist, psychological, reader-response, etc.) and apply it to one of these short stories:

Herman Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener.”

 Guy de Maupassant, "The Necklace."

 Anton Chekhov, "The Darling."

 Leo Tolstoy, “Chekhov’s Intent in ‘The Darling’.”

 Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour."

 Sarah Orne Jewett, "A White Heron."

 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper."

In a 750-1,000-word essay, discuss how your chosen type of criticism would enlarge a reader's understanding of the story and explain how at least three specific passages of the story could be interpreted using this form of criticism.

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