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Basic Textual Reading Approach

This document provides an overview of the textual reading approach to analyzing literature and discusses major genres of contemporary fiction. It defines textual reading as digging deep into the literal text to understand what is being said and presented. Major genres discussed include chick lit, speculative fiction, and flash fiction. Chick lit is defined as focusing on the trials of modern womanhood through humor and lighthearted stories usually involving relationships and friendships. Speculative fiction and flash fiction are also mentioned as major contemporary genres.

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Basic Textual Reading Approach

This document provides an overview of the textual reading approach to analyzing literature and discusses major genres of contemporary fiction. It defines textual reading as digging deep into the literal text to understand what is being said and presented. Major genres discussed include chick lit, speculative fiction, and flash fiction. Chick lit is defined as focusing on the trials of modern womanhood through humor and lighthearted stories usually involving relationships and friendships. Speculative fiction and flash fiction are also mentioned as major contemporary genres.

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Basic Textual Reading

Approach
Study and Appreciation of Literature
Basic Textual Reading
Approach
Study and Appreciation of Literature
Presented By:
Mark Jarren J. Molina
Alexi Grace L. Razalan
WHAT IS TEXTUAL READING APPROACH?
Textual Reading Approach:

The Textual Reading Approach to


:

rhetorical analysis is used to dig deep


into the literal text and better
understand what is being said and
what the speaker is trying to defend or
present to the reader.
Major Genres

• New literary work created within the last decade.


It is written by contemporary authors which may
deal with current themes/ issues and reflects a
technological culture. It often breaks traditional
writing rules.
Types of • Chick Lit
Major • Speculative Fiction
• Flash Fiction
Genres
What is Chik Lit?
• Chick lit or chick literature is genre fiction, which “consists of
heroine-centred narratives that focus on the trials and
tribulations of their individual protagonists”. The genre often
addresses issues of modern womanhood – from romantic
relationships to female friendships to matters in the workplace
– in humorous and light-hearted ways.
What is Chik Lit?
Characteristics of Chick Lit

• Relatable Protagonist
• Focuses on Trials a woman faces in the World
• Romantic relationships & friendship are Central
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Relatable Protagonist
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b • Written by women and usually for women, chick lit pretty much always features at least one
a relatable character. Sometimes it’s not always the leading lady, but there is usually someone
t within the book that has traits similar to our own. If find it so much easier to plough through
a book when I appreciate the character, and if the character’s like me, I’m immediately more
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attached. The situations you find in chick lit can be relatable too. Whether it’s based on a
career, a romance or a self-discovery; there’s always something that feels applicable. I think
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e this reason is also why more and more men read chick lit, the characters feel human.
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Focuses on Trials a woman faces in the World

• The protagonists of chick lits mirror the genre's target demographic by


featuring a young attractive (or soon to be turned attractive by a dramatic
makeover scene) working woman in her 20s or 30s. Usually, the story
follows the personal, or sometimes, professional issues experienced by
these women in a funny, lighthearted and sort of relatable way. The
majority are resolved with a happy ending.
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS & FRIENDSHIP
ARE CENTRAL
• Novels identified as chick lit typically address romantic
relationships, female friendships, and workplace struggles
in humorous and lighthearted ways.The 1990s chick lit
heroine represented an evolution of the traditional
romantic heroine in her assertiveness, financial
independence and enthusiasm for conspicuous
consumption.
Spuculative fiction
• Look in the slide notes below for topics to consider
Definitions talking about
Psychology
and
literature
• Look in the slide notes below for topics to consider
Prose talking about
Works cited

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