Literary Criticism is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League in the U.S. state of Texas.
The text A Handbook to Literature by William Harmon and C. Hugh Holman (currently, either the 8th, 9th, or 10th edition may be used), state adopted texts, and the announced reading list for the current year will be used as sources for the tests.
Part Two consists of twenty questions involving the texts from the announced reading list.
Part Three requires a contestant to answer fifteen critical questions about various poems or literary excerpts.
For district meet academic championship and district meet sweepstakes awards, points are awarded to the school as follows: NOTE: For privacy reasons, only the winning school is shown.
[1] NOTE: UIL did not recognize a team championship in this event until the 1992–93 scholastic year.