Michael Hopcroft wrote:
It may be possible, but in the case of literary criticism what would be the point if the works themselves are accessible?
I think the point is that we are not suppose to be writing "literary criticism", or at least not *originating* it. That would be OR! FOr the parts of the articles that consist of literary criticism we are suppose to be summarizing not creating.
However, an article on a fictional work is not a literary critique, it has some of that in it. However in this case it is an encyclopedia article and depending on the work may include a lot more, some of which are facts that can (only?) be verified from the original work.
Though I think your point still stands that summarizing the critiques that are out there would be much more difficult for someone totally unfamiliar with the original work.
Dalf