Literary theory

After reading and researching the different ways of criticizing literature, I realized that I do not follow with any one way of processing information; I am a mixture of many of them. This is a better way to view literature and life in general because it gives more than one point of view.
When I first read about the psychological way to criticize literature, I thought that explained how I thought. I love novels that have other meanings other than what is blatantly obvious. In high school, I read a book by Carson McCullers, The Ballad of the Sad Café. The way the book was written intrigued me not only because of the story it told, but the way it was told. The entire story was written in the format of a ballad, not only because the ending and beginning were the same, but the way the language flowed was much like a song, with rhythm and meaning.
During high school, I spent some time in France. I was lucky enough to be able to see both the Louvre and the modern art museum in Pa...