Question 1 : why should we interpret literature? Nourishes us with a sense of the complexity of life’s deepest mysteries- love, hate, death, conflicts between the individual and society, and so on-so that when we approach these problems we do so with greater self-awareness and greater tolerance for the views of others. Question 2 : what is literary criticism ? Literary criticism is an extension of this social activity of interpreting. One reader writes down his or her views on what a particular work of literature means so that others can respond to that interpretation
Critique A literary selection based on the following approaches : structuralist /formalist, moralist, Marxist, feminist , historical and reader-response
Criticizing a literary selection involves several frames that one must consider before analyzing and interpreting the text materials content.It involves various approaches that will somehow serve as tools to analyze the literary concepts objectively.
6 Different Approaches That Must Be Well Thought-out Before Critiquing a Literary Text
Structuralist /formalist “self-contained object” focuses on the following:
(a) form of each individual part of the text, that includes the individual chapters and scenes,
(b) characters (c) setting
(d) tone, the point of view
(e) diction and all other elements.
2 . Moralist Judges literary works, according to moral principles. Essentially, it is not demanding or ‘moralizing’ in its technique
Marxist-scrutinizes the text as “an expression of contemporary class struggle.”
It is grounded on Karl Marx’s theories, wherein it concerns on the insinuations and snags of the capitalist system. Marxist literary critics would abide on the following inquiries:
Is the text a mirror of social values?
Is it a form of propaganda for the ruling classes? Can literature challenge social norms
Feminist Examines the text in the context of recognizing women’s knowledge in literary concepts, and in terms of valuing their experiences.
Fundamental methods:
- Identifying with female characters
- reevaluating literature and the world in which literature is read.
Feminist literary criticism is distinguished from gynocriticism because feminist literary criticism may also analyze and deconstruct literary works of men.
Historical
analyzes literary text by using historical events and evidence, that include information about the author’s life, historical and social circumstances.
- This approach also “seeks to understand a literary work by investigating the social, cultural, and intellectual context that produced it-a context that necessarily includes the artist’s biography and milieu.”
Activity 1 : Word Clout Quest Directions: From the word clout below classify the words into different modes communication and write on the chart that flows. Reading Writing Listening speaking Viewing
Reader-response – Reader-response criticism revolves around the phenomena Respond to Reading’.
According to it, literature is like a performing art that enables reader creates his own text-related unique performance.
Activity 2: SUPPORTING THE LITERARY APPROACHDirections : Draw a smiley () if the item supports any of the six Literary Approaches. Leave it blank if it does not. Draw the expected smiley on a separate sheet.7. The reader is an active agent in the reader-response approach.8. The Marxist's way of analyzing text involves mirroring concerns in which people become estranged from one another through power, money, and politics.9. The Formalist/ Structuralist approach is centered on literary elements.10. The Historical approach argues that every literary piece is a creation of its time and its world.?
Activity 3: MATCHING LITERARY APPROACHES AND THEIR IDEAS
Directions: Use the pool of ideas to match each literary approach to its corresponding explanation. Write the letter of the expected answer on a separate sheet.
POOL OF IDEAS
A. Examining on how the literary elements create meaning
B. Emphasizing a system of equal rights among men and women
C. Analyzing the capitalist system of the society
D. Analyzing mores and human behavior
E. Defending personal reaction to a text
F. Exploring the events and forces that might affect the author’s literary work Structuralist Formalist
Moralist
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LITERARY APPROACHES
Marxist
Feminist
Historical
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Reader- response
2. Complete the famous quote. A. Directions: Unscramble the letters to form an approach in
critiquing a literary selection. Write your answers on a separate sheet. Take a picture of your answers. Afterwards, post the picture under the comment section of the said fb post.
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3. Guess the artwork an d artist Mona Lisa -Leonardo de Vinci
4. Identify what is in the picture Pottery
Guess the Topic
Multimodal text
MULTIMODAL TEXTS It refers to text that comprises more than one mode of communication to convey information. It could be found in many forms Print Digital Live Examples: podcast, comics, and music video
Written Meaning It conveyed through written language via handwritten, the printed pages, and the screen.
Spoken (oral) meaning Conveyed through written language via live or recorded speech and can be monologic or dialogic. Composing oral meaning includes choices around emotion, emphasis, fluency, speed, volume, tempo, pitch, rhythm, pronunciation, intonation, and dialect.
Visual Meaning Conveyed through choices of visual resources and includes both still image and moving images Visual resources include: framing, vectors, symbols, perspective, gaze, point of view, colour , texture, line, shape, casting, saliency, distance, angles, form, power, involvement/detachment, contrast, lighting, naturalistic/non-naturalistic, camera movement, and subject movement.
Audio Meaning Conveyed through sound, including choice of music representing different cultures and ambient sounds, noises, alerts, silence, natural/unnatural sounds, and use of volume, beat, tempo, pitch, and rhythm.
Spatial Meaning Conveyed through design of spaces, using choices of spatial resources including; scale, proximity, boundaries, direction, layout, and organization of objects in the space
Gesture Meaning Conveyed through choices of body movement; facial expression, eye movement and gaze demeanor, gait, dance, acting, action sequences .
TEST 1: DIRECTIONS: Read each item carefully. Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.
1. Which of the following is an example of a multimodal text? A written novel A printed book A B C D A podcast A webpage combining text, images, and videos
3. Which of this best represents the "gestural" mode of communication in multimodal texts? The tone of voice used in a podcast The arrangement of images in a magazine article A B C D The use of animations in a video A person's facial expression during a live presentation
TEST 2: DIRECTIONS: Listen to the sound being played carefully and guess what is it.