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LITERARY CRITICISM

LITERARY CRITICISM. MR. CHUNG LANGUAGE ARTS VALENCIA H.S. Agenda. TKAM Articles TKAM Literary Criticism TKAM Objective Final Preview. Objective. Begin understanding of literary criticism Identify & apply literary theories to TKAM Prepare for analysis & evaluation of TKAM. Standards.

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LITERARY CRITICISM

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  1. LITERARY CRITICISM MR. CHUNG LANGUAGE ARTS VALENCIA H.S.

  2. Agenda • TKAM Articles • TKAM Literary Criticism • TKAM Objective Final Preview

  3. Objective • Begin understanding of literary criticism • Identify & apply literary theories to TKAM • Prepare for analysis & evaluation of TKAM

  4. Standards Literary Criticism 3.11 • Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, • including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, • using the terminology of literary criticism. (Aesthetic approach)

  5. Standards Literary Criticism 3.12 • Analyze the way in which a work of literature is related to the themes and issues of its historical period.(Historical approach)

  6. Standards Literary Response and Analysis 3.5c. • Evaluate the philosophical, political, religious, ethical, and social influences of the historical period that shaped the characters, plots, and settings.

  7. WHAT I THINK I KNOW… WHAT I WANT TO KNOW… KWL: Literary Criticism

  8. TOPIC/CONCEPT/FACT/SKILL • Literary Criticism

  9. DEFINITION • An informed, written analysis & evaluation of a work of literature • Based on a “literarytheory” [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/] [Critical Encounters, Deborah Appleman]

  10. ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS • Literary Theories--a means to understand the various ways people read & connect with texts. • “lenses” through which we can see texts • Usually leads to a whole new perspective

  11. EXAMPLES[Most Common] Archetypal Criticism • Symbols, motifs, myths, characters, situations

  12. EXAMPLES[Most Common] Formalism [New Criticism, Structuralism] • The work itself the focus • No need for context • Aesthetics • Language, interactions of words, figures of speech, & symbols

  13. EXAMPLES[Most Common] Historical Criticism • The work a reflection of the author’s (or characters’) life & times • Necessary to know about the author & the political, economical, & sociological context • Can it be universal or contextual?

  14. EXAMPLES[Most Common] Reader-Response Criticism • Reader’s role in the development of interpretation • Reader creates meaning • Subjectivity?

  15. EXAMPLES[Most Common] Mimetic • Real world reality? • Morality, norms, values Intertextual • Comparing the work with other literature • Breadth

  16. POLITICAL EXAMPLES[Most Common] Feminist Criticism • Impact of gender on writing & reading • Critique of patriarchal society: cultural & economic “disabilities”

  17. POLITICAL EXAMPLES[Most Common] Marxist Criticism • Relationships between the socio-economic classes • Economic & cultural theories of Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels • Focus: power & money in lit

  18. EXAMPLES[Most Common, Abstract] Deconstruction • Text is focus, but no inherent meaning

  19. EXAMPLES[Most Common] Psychological & Psychoanalytic Criticism • Psychological motivations of the characters [or of the author] • Freud, Jung

  20. AUTHOR’S WORLD AUTHOR’S LIFE Psychological BEYOND THE WORLD LITERARY WORK OTHER LITERATURE REAL WORLD Intertextual Archetypal AUDIENCE Feminist, Marxist, etc. OVERVIEW LITERARY CRITICISM Historical, Biographical Mimetic Formalist [Structuralism], Deconstruction Reader-Response

  21. 1930-1960 Alabama Harper Lee MAD DOG BEYOND THE WORLD TKAM OTHER LITERATURE 2007 TKAM FILM A Separate Peace; Of Mice and Men Hero; Scapegoat PIB/H Feminine Voice; Power Structure • HISTORICAL; • TLA… • Historian • Sociologist • Geographer VARIATIONS To Kill A Mockingbird Connector AESTHETIC; TLA Linguist CONNECTIONS

  22. VARIATIONS • ATTICUS FINCH & THE MAD DOG • HOLLYWOOD & RACE • LEE’S TRAGIC VISION • SECRET COURTS OF MEN’S HEARTS • FEMALE VOICE…NARRATIVE STRATS

  23. REVIEW • informed, written analysis & evaluation of a work of literature • literarytheory as a lens

  24. APPLICATION/SUMMARY TAKE HOME ESSAY • 3-5 pages, word-processed • MLA style • Due: FRIDAY, Nov. 9

  25. APPLICATION/SUMMARY TOPIC [open] • Approach…

  26. APPLICATION ATTICUS FINCH & THE MAD DOG • TOPICS: • SYMBOLISM • ARCHETYPES • PSYCHOLOGICAL

  27. APPLICATION HOLLYWOOD & RACE • TOPICS • COMPARE/CONTRAST • INTERTEXTUAL • A SEPARATE PEACE • SOUTHERN AUTHORS SHORT STORIES • MIMETIC

  28. APPLICATION LEE’S TRAGIC VISION • TOPICS • HISTORICAL • PSYCHOLOGICAL • AESTHETICAL

  29. APPLICATION SECRET COURTS OF MEN’S HEARTS • TOPICS • POWER STRUCTURE [MARXIST] • MORES [MORALS], VALUES • SOCIAL CODES

  30. APPLICATION FEMALE VOICE…NARRATIVE STRATS • TOPICS • AESTHETICAL APPROACH • INTERTEXTUAL: COMPARE/CONTRAST FILM TO TEXT • FEMINIST

  31. WORKS CITED Bloom, Harold, ed. Modern Critical Interpretations: Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publisher, 1999.

  32. WORKS CITED Appleman, Deborah. Critical Encounters in High School English. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000. WordNet: A Lexical Database for the English Language. 2006. Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton University. 01 Nov 2007. http://wordnet.princeton.edu/. Burris, Skylar. Literary Criticism: An Overview of Approaches. 2005. University of Texas at Brownsville. 01 Nov 2007. http://www.literatureclassics.com/ancientpaths/liccrit.html .

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