EAPP- Critical Approaches in Writing a Critique HANDOUT.pptx

powerpoint presentation about the critical approaches

1. Critical Approaches in Writing a Critique

2. CRITIQUE PAPER Is a genre of academic writing. Briefly and critically summarizes and evaluates a work or concept. Used to carefully analyze a variety of works.

3. Critiques can be used to evaluate: Creative Works – novels, exhibits, fils , shows, images, poetry; Researches – monographs, journal articles, systematic reviews, theories; Media – news reports, feature articles

4. Purpose of Critique - Gauge the usefulness or impact of a work in a field.

5. Critical Approaches

6. Formalist Criticism

7. Formalist Criticism/ Formalism - Claims that literary works have intrinsic properties and treats each work as a distinct work of art.

8. Reader-Response Criticism

9. Reader-Response Criticism Is concerned with the reviewer’s reaction as an audience of a literary work. Criticism is focused on the message of the text.

10. Feminist Criticism/ Feminism

11. Feminist Criticism/ Feminism Focuses on how literature presents women as subjects of socio-political, psychological, and economic oppression. reveals how aspects of our culture are patriarchal , i.e., how our culture views men as superior and women as inferior.

12. Marxist Criticism/ Marxisn

13. Marxist Criticism/ Marxisn Concerned with the differences between economic classes. It attempts to reveal that the ultimate source of people’s experiences is the socio-economic system.

14. Other critical approaches you can use: • Post-modern criticism • Post-colonial criticism • Structuralism • Psychological criticism • Gender criticism • Ecocriticism • Biographical criticism • Historical criticism • Mythological criticism

15. Guidelines in Writing a Reaction Paper, Review, or Critique For Articles and Journals ‣ Read to the work to be reviewed carefully. ‣ Relate the content of the work to what you already know about the topic. ‣ Focus on discussing how the book treats the topic ‣ Report the type of analysis or mode of presentation. ‣ Examine whether the findings are adequately supported. ‣ Suggest points for improvement of the reasoning. ‣ Point out other interpretations that the writer missed out .

16. Guidelines in Writing a Reaction Paper, Review, or Critique For artworks and other media ‣ Use speculative verbs (evoke, create, appear, & suggest). ‣ Make sure to describe it to the reader (do not spoil key events). ‣ Describe the material in simple terms (artworks ).

17. Guidelines in Writing a Reaction Paper, Review, or Critique For artworks and other media ‣ Use speculative verbs (evoke, create, appear, & suggest). ‣ Make sure to describe it to the reader (do not spoil key events). ‣ Describe the material in simple terms (artworks ).

18. ACTIVTY TIME

19. Read the poem at least twice and write a critique (300 to 500 words) using critical approach. DEAD STARS ( for Paz Marquez Benitez) by H.O. Santos Source: https://www.sushidog.com/bpss/poems_staff/stars2.htm If I still think of her today Why didn’t I tell her long ago? I could have saved all wondering For I’d have peace if I did know. If I had learned of metaphors Before I wondered ’bout the stars Would I have written verses then And worshipped Venus instead of Mars? If I had found my tongue could rhyme Would I have shown a face sans mask, A heart unsure? But woe is me– I’ll never know, I didn’t ask.