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- 2. OBJECTIVES Define what a critique is. OBJECTIVE #1: At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to: Identify the major types of critical approaches. OBJECTIVE #2:
- 3. ACTIVITY 1 1.A critique is a collection of thoughts. 2. The focus of critical analysis is to merely inform. 3. The emphasis of Reader-Response Criticism is on the form of the work and the relationship of the parts. 4. Marxist criticism explores the relationship between people and society. 5. An Academic Critique evaluates and analyzes a wide variety of things based on reasons or criteria. Instructions: Write "YES" if the statement about critique is correct and "NO" if it is incorrect.
- 4. A critique is a collection of edits, thoughts, and comments about another writer's work that you put together with the objective of helping them improve. You can critique a paragraph, a chapter, a short story, or a whole novel. What is Critique?
- 5. 1. It is to evaluate somebody’s work (a book, an essay, a movie, a painting...) in order to increase the readers understanding of it. 2. It expresses the writer’s opinion or evaluation of a text. Purpose of Critique
- 6. 3. A critical analysis is not merely to inform, but also to evaluate the worth, utility, excellence, distinction, truth, validity, beauty, or goodness of something. (Analysis means to break down and study the parts.) Purpose of Critique
- 7. 1. Describe: give the reader a sense of the writer’s overall purpose and meaning. 2. Analyze: show how it is put together by dividing it into its main sections or aspects. Things to Remember During Critique
- 8. 3. Interpret: define the significance (meaning and importance) of each part (or missing parts). 4. Decide: make a judgment of the works worth or value. Things to Remember During Critique
- 9. 1. Feminist criticism tries to correct predominantly male- dominated critical perspective with a feminist consciousness. Types of Critical Approaches
- 10. 2. Marxist criticism is a strong politically oriented criticism, deriving from the theories of the social philosopher Karl Marx. Marxist critics insist that social class and economics influence all use of language. Types of Critical Approaches
- 11. 3. Reader-response criticism removes the focus from the text and places it on the reader instead, by attempting to describe what goes on in the reader’s mind during the reading of a text. Types of Critical Approaches
- 12. 4. Formalistic criticism studies a text as only a text, considering its features—for example, rhymes, cadences, literary devices—in an isolated way, not attempting to apply their own say as to what the text means. Types of Critical Approaches
- 13. Step 1: Read, Read, Re-read, Re-read, and Read again. Step 2: Take down Notes as you read. Step 3: Gather your resources. Step 4: Investigate Further. Step 5: Organize Step 6: Write 6 Steps in Writing a Critique
- 14. Answer questions briefly about critique: 1.Define critique in your own words. 2.Describe the role of critique in writing. 3.Why do you need to critique? ACTIVITY 2
- 15. OBJECTIVES Choose appropriate critical approaches for analyzing texts. OBJECTIVE #1: At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to: Write a critique using a selected critical approach. OBJECTIVE #2:
- 16. ACTIVITY 1 Instructions: Read the art critique example of George Seurat's "An Afternoon at La Grande Jette" from the provided link. While reading, note down your thoughts on the description, analysis, interpretation, and judgment sections of the critique.
- 18. 1. DESCRIPTION – what is the painting/text all about, the purpose of the author 2. ANALYSIS – go into every details of the text/ fault finding/structuring of the text 3. INTERPRETATION – what is the message/significance 4. DECISION – final thoughts/final judgement
- 19. 1.What is the painting all about? 2.Who is the painter, and what is the title of the painting? 3.What is your interpretation of the art ? Discuss. 4.Write your judgment on George Seurat’s piece of art. ANALYSIS
- 20. 1. “It is also worth mentioning that there are women in the society that may sometimes seem unseen and mediocre but greatly impact the lives of others. Just like the step sisters of Cinderella, without them, the step mother could have loved Cinderella as her own or may not even marry Cinderella’s father at all.” (Cinderella Story) Activity 2 Identify what critical approach it is.
- 21. 2. “Therefore, the choice of the road symbolized any choice in life that affects the future. In this poem, there is repetition and overstatement. The repetition can be seen in the fourth stanza line 18 “Two roads diverged in a wood” and overstatement can be seen in line 17 “Somewhere ages and ages hence.” It means that, the speaker wants to show how the choice can affect his life in the future.” (The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost) Activity 2 Identify what critical approach it is.
- 22. 3. “While I was reading the story, one question that kept running through my mind was in regard to the depth of information about the physical weights of the soldiers' items. Why would O'Brien go into this much depth about how much every individual item weighs?” (The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien) Activity 2 Identify what critical approach it is.
- 23. 4. “The top deck scene is a great example of how the class difference is shown in Titanic, in this scene everyone is dressed in either top hat and tails or in a gown, while Jack is wearing tatty clothing, suitable for his class and is the only one slouching, you can see how the idea that the upper class members are sat up straight where jack is sat casually.” (Titanic Movie) Activity 2 Identify what critical approach it is.
- 24. 5. “The scenes showing the destruction of Home tree shows how helpless the Na’vi are from the power of the Humans. They have no way of fighting back and they have to allow Home tree to get destroyed. But the Na’vi rises up and fight back against the Humans and eventually force them back, and destroy everything that they have achieved on the planet, and they get their planet back.” (The Hunger Games Movie) Activity 2 Identify what critical approach it is.
- 25. • Choose a piece of art or a text and critique it using one of the discussed approaches. Share your critique with the class and discuss how it enhances your understanding of the work Application
- 26. EVALUATION
- 27. 1. What is the primary purpose of a critique? A. To summarize the work B. To entertain the audience C. To evaluate and analyze the work D. To rewrite the work in a different style
- 28. 2. Which critical approach focuses on the social class and economic influences in a text? A. Feminist Criticism B. Reader-Response Criticism C. Marxist Criticism D. Formalist Criticism
- 29. 3. What does Reader-Response Criticism emphasize? A. The reader’s individual experience with a text B. The biographical background of the author C. The text’s formal elements like structure and language D. The historical context of the text
- 30. 4. Which critical approach aims to correct male-dominated perspectives by focusing on female viewpoints and representation? A. Formalist Criticism B. Marxist Criticism C. Reader-Response Criticism D. Feminist Criticism
- 31. 5. What is the focus of Formalist Criticism? A. Examining the socio-economic context of the text B. Analyzing the reader’s interpretation of the text C. Studying the text’s structure, literary devices, and language D. Exploring gender roles and power
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