MR. CHUNG LANGUAGE ARTS VALENCIA H.S. LITERARY CRITICISM MR. CHUNG LANGUAGE ARTS VALENCIA H.S.
TKAM Literary Criticism TKAM Objective Final Preview Agenda TKAM Articles TKAM Literary Criticism TKAM Objective Final Preview
Begin understanding of literary criticism Objective Begin understanding of literary criticism Identify & apply literary theories to TKAM Prepare for analysis & evaluation of TKAM
Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, 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)
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)
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.
KWL: WHAT I THINK I KNOW… WHAT I WANT TO KNOW… Literary Criticism
TOPIC/CONCEPT/FACT/SKILL Literary Criticism
[Critical Encounters, Deborah Appleman] DEFINITION An informed, written analysis & evaluation of a work of literature Based on a “literary theory” [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/] [Critical Encounters, Deborah Appleman]
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
EXAMPLES [Most Common] Archetypal Criticism Symbols, motifs, myths, characters, situations
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
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?
EXAMPLES [Most Common] Reader-Response Criticism Reader’s role in the development of interpretation Reader creates meaning Subjectivity?
EXAMPLES [Most Common] Mimetic Real world reality? Morality, norms, values Intertextual Comparing the work with other literature Breadth
POLITICAL EXAMPLES [Most Common] Feminist Criticism Impact of gender on writing & reading Critique of patriarchal society: cultural & economic “disabilities”
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
EXAMPLES [Most Common, Abstract] Deconstruction Text is focus, but no inherent meaning
EXAMPLES [Most Common] Psychological & Psychoanalytic Criticism Psychological motivations of the characters [or of the author] Freud, Jung
OVERVIEW Historical, Biographical Feminist, Marxist, etc. AUTHOR’S WORLD LITERARY CRITICISM Historical, Biographical Feminist, Marxist, etc. AUTHOR’S LIFE Psychological Mimetic BEYOND THE WORLD REAL WORLD LITERARY WORK OTHER LITERATURE Intertextual Formalist [Structuralism], Deconstruction Archetypal AUDIENCE Reader-Response
VARIATIONS HISTORICAL; TLA… Historian Sociologist Geographer MAD DOG 1930-1960 Alabama HISTORICAL; TLA… Historian Sociologist Geographer Feminine Voice; Power Structure To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee MAD DOG Connector BEYOND THE WORLD 2007 TKAM OTHER LITERATURE TKAM FILM A Separate Peace; Of Mice and Men AESTHETIC; TLA Linguist Hero; Scapegoat PIB/H CONNECTIONS
VARIATIONS ATTICUS FINCH & THE MAD DOG HOLLYWOOD & RACE LEE’S TRAGIC VISION SECRET COURTS OF MEN’S HEARTS FEMALE VOICE…NARRATIVE STRATS
informed, written analysis & evaluation of a work of literature REVIEW informed, written analysis & evaluation of a work of literature literary theory as a lens
3-5 pages, word-processed MLA style Due: FRIDAY, Nov. 9 APPLICATION/SUMMARY TAKE HOME ESSAY 3-5 pages, word-processed MLA style Due: FRIDAY, Nov. 9
APPLICATION/SUMMARY TOPIC [open] Approach…
TOPICS: APPLICATION SYMBOLISM ARCHETYPES PSYCHOLOGICAL ATTICUS FINCH & THE MAD DOG TOPICS: SYMBOLISM ARCHETYPES PSYCHOLOGICAL
APPLICATION TOPICS COMPARE/CONTRAST INTERTEXTUAL MIMETIC HOLLYWOOD & RACE TOPICS COMPARE/CONTRAST INTERTEXTUAL A SEPARATE PEACE SOUTHERN AUTHORS SHORT STORIES MIMETIC
TOPICS APPLICATION HISTORICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AESTHETICAL LEE’S TRAGIC VISION TOPICS HISTORICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AESTHETICAL
TOPICS APPLICATION POWER STRUCTURE [MARXIST] MORES [MORALS], VALUES SECRET COURTS OF MEN’S HEARTS TOPICS POWER STRUCTURE [MARXIST] MORES [MORALS], VALUES SOCIAL CODES
TOPICS APPLICATION AESTHETICAL APPROACH FEMALE VOICE…NARRATIVE STRATS TOPICS AESTHETICAL APPROACH INTERTEXTUAL: COMPARE/CONTRAST FILM TO TEXT FEMINIST
WORKS CITED Bloom, Harold, ed. Modern Critical Interpretations: Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publisher, 1999.
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 .