ref > ▁A ▁product ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁r het or ical ▁criticism ▁see ks ▁to ▁understand ▁text ▁type , ▁as ▁does ▁form ▁criticism , ▁but ▁moves ▁beyond ▁form ▁criticism ▁by ▁looking ▁into ▁the ▁inner ▁the ological ▁meaning ▁the ▁author ▁was ▁trying ▁to ▁communicate . ▁The ▁r het or ical ▁scholar ▁Son ja ▁K . ▁F oss ▁says ▁there ▁are ▁ten ▁methods ▁of ▁pract icing ▁r het or ical ▁criticism , ▁but ▁each ▁focus es ▁on ▁three ▁dimensions ▁of ▁r het or ic : ▁the ▁authors , ▁what ▁they ▁use ▁to ▁communicate , ▁and ▁what ▁they ▁are ▁trying ▁to ▁communicate . ▁Rh et or ical ▁criticism ▁is ▁the ▁system atic ▁effort ▁to ▁understand ▁the ▁message ▁being ▁communic ated ▁in ▁a ▁focused ▁and ▁conscious ▁manner . ▁Bib lic al ▁r het or ical ▁criticism ▁asks ▁how ▁hearing ▁the ▁texts ▁impact ed ▁the ▁audience . ▁It ▁attempts ▁to ▁discover ▁and ▁evaluate ▁the ▁r het or ical ▁devices , ▁language , ▁and ▁methods ▁of ▁communication ▁used ▁within ▁the ▁texts ▁to ▁accomplish ▁the ▁goals ▁of ▁those ▁texts . ▁Ph yll is ▁Tri ble , ▁a ▁student ▁of ▁Mu ilen burg , ▁has ▁become ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁" leading ▁pract ition ers ▁of ▁r het or ical ▁criticism " ▁and ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁her ▁detailed ▁literary ▁analysis ▁and ▁her ▁femin ist ▁critique ▁of ▁bib lic al ▁interpretation . ▁ ▁Within ▁narr ative ▁criticism , ▁critics ▁approach ▁script ure ▁as ▁story . ▁N arr ative ▁criticism ▁analy zes ▁narr atives ▁as ▁complete ▁t apest