Critical Approaches to Investigate Sylvia Plath’s Poem Daddy: Biographical and Psychological Approaches

Abstract

The study of literature, nowadays, has shifted the focus, from the element terms to the criticism. That is, the study of literary works is no longer only focused on the analysis of plot, setting, character, or symbolism but has been broader to the area of criticism. Many critics had taken the critical approaches such as: Objective Approach, Subjective Approach, Historical Approach, Biographical Approach, Psychological Approach, and Feminist Approach to interpret, evaluate, and understand an author's life and works to study literature. Many critics have mainly concerned themselves with issues such as the themes and references that Sylvia has used in her poem, Daddy.