How do you
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LITERARY
CRITICISMS
What is LitCrit?
The art or practice of judging and
commenting on the qualities and
character of literary works.
What is LitCrit?
By reading and discussing literature, we expand our
imagination, our sense of what is possible, and our ability
to empathize with others. Improve your ability to read
critically and interpret texts while gaining appreciation
for different literary genres and theories of interpretation.
Read samples of literary interpretation.
TYPES OF
LITERARY CRITICISMS
USRLIARCUTMST
STRUCTURALISM
STRUCTURALISM
Types of Literary Criticisms
For structuralism, a text is not autonomous but
should be analyzed by relating the patterns to
wider social context.
STRUCTURALISM
Types of Literary Criticisms
Structuralists assert that, since language exists in
patterns, certain underlying elements are common to
all human experiences.
STRUCTURALISM
Types of Literary Criticisms
Ferdinand de Saussure is a Swiss
linguist whose ideas
on structure in language laid the
foundation for much of the approach
to and progress of the linguistic
sciences in the 20th century.
STRUCTURALISM
Types of Literary Criticisms
Structuralism deals with interpreting
universal symbols in the text.
IMAXSRM
MARXISM
MARXISM
Types of Literary Criticisms
For Marxists, texts should be analyzed by relating
the events in the text to the society .
MARXISM
Types of Literary Criticisms
Founded by Karl Marx, literature should involve
elements of class struggles (the rich vs the poor)
and show the differences between the
bourgeois and the proletariat.
RICH, MIDDLE WORKING
CLASS CLASS
FSMMIENI
FEMINISM
FEMINISM
Types of Literary Criticisms
Literature is largely male-dominated, both by male
authors who write award winning novels, and by male
main characters in the novels.
FEMINISM
Types of Literary Criticisms
Feminism analyzes textual representations from a
woman’s perspective, thus involves “stereotypes
and women objectifications”.
IT’S A MENS WORLD
By Bebang Sy
Unang nagka-mens ang kapatid kong si Colay kesa sa akin. Ten years old siya noon at ako, magtu-
twelve. Sabi ng mga pinsan ko, nauna raw si Colay kasi mas mataba siya at mas aktibo sa paggalaw-
galaw kesa sa akin.
Naging sentro ng atensiyon si Colay noong araw na reglahin siya. Lahat kami, nasa labas ng kubeta,
naghihintay sa paglabas ng "bagong" dalaga. Pagbukas ng pinto, itong stepmother ko, biglang
pumasok. Hinanap niya ang panty ni Colay sa loob ng kubeta. Gulat na gulat si Colay siyempre.
"Bakit?" Tanong niya sa stepmother namin.
Labhan mo. Tubig lang. Wag kang gagamit ng sabon. Kusot-kusot lang. Tapos ipunas mo sa mukha mo
'yang panty. Tapos sabihin mo, sana maging singkinis ng perlas ang mukha ko. Ulit-ulitin mo. Habang
ipinupunas mo sa mukha mo ang panty.
JOURNAL ENTRY1
Types of Literary Criticisms
Please check your MSTeams assignment to view
your Entry1 for LitCrit. Rubric is attached to the
assignment.
THE GODS WE WORSHIP LIVE NEXT DOOR
Bienvenido Santos
The gods we worship live next door. They’re brown and
how easily they catch cold sneezing
too late into their sleeves and brandishing their arms
in air. Fear grips us when they frown as they walk past
our grim deformities dragging with them the secret
scent of love
bought by the ounce from gilded shops above
the rotonda of the bright cities.
In the cold months of fog and heavy rains our gods
die one by one and caskets golden are borne on the
hard pavements at even
down roads named after them, across the plains
where all gods go. Oh, we outlive them all,
but there are junior gods fast growing tall.
AERRED RNESOPSE
READER - RESPONSE
READER RESPONSE
Types of Literary Criticisms
Reader-response criticism considers readers'
reactions to literature as vital to interpreting the
meaning of the text.
READER RESPONSE
Types of Literary Criticisms
Reader-response suggests that the role of the
reader is essential to the meaning of a text, for only
in the reading experience does the literary work
come alive.
AIHOBACGLPRI
BIOGRAPHICAL
BIOGRAPHICAL
Types of Literary Criticisms
This is a form of literary criticism which analyzes
a writer's biography to show the relationship
between the author's life and their works of
literature.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Types of Literary Criticisms
This is a critical method that "sees a literary work
chiefly, if not exclusively, as a reflection of its
author's life and times".
BIOGRAPHICAL
Types of Literary Criticisms
Example, as a young boy, William Golding acted as a
bully in his elementary school. He even confessed
that he "enjoyed hurting people."
BIOGRAPHICAL
Types of Literary Criticisms
His story, “Lord of the Flies” showcases this
characteristic by presenting his lack of faith in
humanity.
WNE
SHSIMOCITRI
NEW HISTORICISM
NEW HISTORICISM
Types of Literary Criticisms
This is a literary theory based on the idea that
literature should be studied and interpreted
within the context of both the history of the
author and the history
NEW HISTORICISM
Types of Literary Criticisms
For experts, history is nothing but a
contaminated narrative of events that is filled
with personal biases, assumptions, under the
influence of the culture they belong to.
NEW HISTORICISM
Types of Literary Criticisms
A New Historicist looks at literature in a wider
historical context, examining both how the writer's
times affected the work and how the work reflects
the writer's times
TOESIUNOCTCNRD
DECONSTRUCTION
DECONSTRUCTION
Types of Literary Criticisms
Deconstruction was both
created and has been
profoundly influenced by
the French philosopher
Jacques Derrida.
DECONSTRUCTION
Types of Literary Criticisms
This opposes Structuralism, which believes that
there is a singular, universal contexts shared
between the meanings and the symbols.
DECONSTRUCTION
Types of Literary Criticisms
Deconstruction aims to highlight the
meaning of each line, therefore
“deconstructing” the text. Understanding the work
is not done in unison, but breaking down the
literary text.
Using Reader-Response,
how can we interpret the
lyric video presented?
Using feminism, how
can we interpret the
poem presented?
Using Marxism, how
can we interpret the
poem presented?
Using
Deconstruction, how
can we interpret the
poem presented?
