▁Today , ▁approaches ▁based ▁in ▁literary ▁theory ▁and ▁contin ental ▁philosophy ▁largely ▁co exist ▁in ▁university ▁literature ▁depart ments , ▁while ▁conventional ▁methods , ▁some ▁informed ▁by ▁the ▁New ▁Crit ics , ▁also ▁remain ▁active . ▁Dis ag re ements ▁over ▁the ▁goals ▁and ▁methods ▁of ▁literary ▁criticism , ▁which ▁character ized ▁both ▁sides ▁taken ▁by ▁critics ▁during ▁the ▁" r ise " ▁of ▁theory , ▁have ▁decl ined . ▁Many ▁critics ▁feel ▁that ▁they ▁now ▁have ▁a ▁great ▁pl ur ality ▁of ▁methods ▁and ▁approaches ▁from ▁which ▁to ▁choose . ▁ ▁Some ▁critics ▁work ▁largely ▁with ▁theoretical ▁texts , ▁while ▁others ▁read ▁traditional ▁literature ; ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁literary ▁canon ▁is ▁still ▁great , ▁but ▁many ▁critics ▁are ▁also ▁interested ▁in ▁non trad itional ▁texts ▁and ▁women ' s ▁literature , ▁as ▁elabor ated ▁on ▁by ▁certain ▁academic ▁journ als ▁such ▁as ▁Contempor ary ▁Women ' s ▁Writing , ▁while ▁some ▁critics ▁influenced ▁by ▁cultural ▁studies ▁read ▁popular ▁texts ▁like ▁com ic ▁books ▁or ▁pul p / gen re ▁fiction . ▁E c oc rit ics ▁have ▁drawn ▁connections ▁between ▁literature ▁and ▁the ▁natural ▁sciences . ▁Dar win ian ▁literary ▁studies ▁studies ▁literature ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁evolution ary ▁influ ences ▁on ▁human ▁nature . ▁And ▁post crit ique ▁has ▁sought ▁to ▁develop ▁new ▁ways ▁of ▁reading ▁and ▁respond ing ▁to ▁literary ▁texts ▁that ▁go ▁beyond ▁the ▁interpret ive ▁methods ▁of ▁critique . ▁Many ▁literary ▁critics ▁also ▁work ▁in ▁film ▁criticism ▁or ▁media ▁studies . ▁Some ▁write ▁intellectual ▁history ; ▁others ▁bring