Choose one of the stories that we read this week and complete a 400-600 words reader response. Re-read the story with one of
Choose one of the stories that we read this week and complete a 400-600 words reader response. Re-read the story with one of the critical lenses that we learned this week. In your reader response, you must show how this reading works in the story. Remember, reader responses are truly your response to this story and the different ways that it can be interpreted. It is your opinion, but it still needs to be written in a professional manor.
Module 9: Lesson and Notes
What is literary criticism?
Literary criticism is a way to examine and explore texts through different "lenses" or areas of study. It is literally just the different ways of reading and interpreting stories, poetry, prose, drama, etc. This may be a new concept to you and that is perfectly fine. You may not understand each theory or what it is trying to do or you may only understand parts of it. All of that is okay.
Here are a few thoughts:
· Learning criticism and theory can be daunting.
· Some scholars dedicate their entire lives studying only one or two theories. But don't lose heart! Most people find a favorite theory (like feminism) and learn how to apply it everywhere.
· The way literature is read changes as society grows and changes.
· Feminism wasn't even a thing before the mid to late 1800's. Up until then, women had no voice and no real place outside of the home. A woman couldn't work, she was thoroughly dependent on her father, and she was often forced to marry. If her father died then she would become her brother's responsibility, or an uncle, but never her own. Before the women's suffrage movement, female presence in literature was thought to be minor. But now, scholars can take stories that have been written throughout literary history and find the strong female voice hidden everywhere. This is called doing a "feminist reading" of the text but this is how all theories work: doing a "historical reading" or "post-colonial reading".
· Critical theory helps to give us insight, as readers, and a better understanding of the story by studying the factors that influence the story.
· Scholars use journal articles to discuss, and often argue, these factors. Some scholars may openly state that they are doing a "feminist reading" (or some sort of reading) of a story but just as often, the scholar doesn't mention it outright. Therefore, it is important for you to have an idea of the different literary theories so that you are able to recognize them.
· It is also worth noting that this way of looking at things exists outside of literature as well.
· These critical approaches mirror society, which makes them beneficial to know in so many other industries like marketing and business, even the medical field. Really anything that deals with people.
A few of the more common critical theory approaches are:
· Feminism- reads text with a focus on female agency/voice.
· Formalism- reads a text and focuses on the format, diction, word choices, etc. How the story is put together physically and mechanically.
· Gender and Queer Studies- reads a text with a focus on sexuality of marginalized groups.
· Historical Context- helps to define a text based on what was happening historically.
· There may be a difference between the author's historical context and the story's historical context.
· Social Context- defines the text based on the belief system of the society that the text was written in or written about.
· There may be a difference between the author's social context and the story's social context.
· Post-colonialism- reads a text with a focus on the effects of 17th and 18th century European rule (the colonization of Native American, African, Indian, etc.. cultures).
Further readings:
The textbook explains literary criticism and how it works starting on page A1.
Click here to read a brief explanation over some of the more commonly used critical approaches.
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Reader Response
Choose one of the stories that we read this week and complete a 400-600 words reader response. Re-read the story with one of the critical lenses that we learned this week. In your reader response, you must show how this reading works in the story. Remember, reader responses are truly your response to this story and the different ways that it can be interpreted. It is your opinion, but it still needs to be written in a professional manor.
Your writings should be:
· About 400-600 words long
· Written using professional language and writing style
· Related to the readings, assignments, and/or discussions from this week
· Evidence of critical thinking
You can:
· Expand on what you mentioned this week on the discussion board
· Discuss your own experiences readings, writing, and working this week (time management, understanding of materials, etc.)
You should avoid:
· Copy / pasting from other submissions
· Focusing on a previous week's readings only (you can connect this week to a previous week, though)
· Unprofessional discourse
· Conversational language (you, I, etc.)
Rubric
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Some Rubric (1) |
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Criteria |
Ratings |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCore 1 (CT) Critical Thinking Skills (CT)- to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information threshold: 3.0 pts |
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5 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCore 4 (PR) Personal Responsibility (PR)- to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making threshold: 3.0 pts |
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5 pts |
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Total Points: 10 |
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