It’s more fun than it sounds.  There are 11 main methods of literary criticism.

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It’s more fun than it sounds

 There are 11 main methods of literary criticism.

 Focuses on when the text was created and the situation in which it is being read.  In addition to the text’s language, critics try to discover outside influences (political, social, and economic) that may affect the meaning of the text.

 Focuses on a close reading of a text, examining elements such as structure, setting, symbols, and irony.  (THIS IS WHAT WE MOST OFTEN DO)

 Focuses on the struggle for power and its effect on social class.  Uses characters, plotlines, and themes to illustrate struggles for power.

 Focuses on the role of women.

 Refers to the motivations an author had in a test.  There is much debate over whether or not this should matter to interpreting a text.

 Maintains the existence preceded essence, and everyone is responsible for his or her own actions.

 Form of criticism focusing on patterns that exist across cultures and time periods.

 Analyzes literature in terms of mental processes.

 Focuses on the transaction that takes place between the reader and the text; meaning is negotiated, thus texts are open to multiple interpretations  (ALSO DONE FREQUENTLY IN THIS CLASS)

 Analyzes texts from the perspective that all texts are the result of an elaborate system of signs.

 Basing interpretations on either the expressed or implied intentions of a writer. Many critics find this method inappropriate.  (Some say the text is a living, breathing entity)

 Ambition in a range of characters from Georgiana Reed to Blanche Ingram  Class, especially in the way that Blanche and her friends treat Jane  The education and individual opportunities offered to women relevant to all the women characters in the book  The social role of money in offering liberty to women such as Jane and the Rivers sisters from taking uncongenial jobs.

 You try this one!

 Emphasizing the corruption, even despotism of the upper classes, Jane's narrative makes her audience aware that the middle classes were becoming the repositories of both moral and intellectual superiority.

 You Try this one!!

 Why did Bronte write the book?  Comment on the Church structure.  Comment on Victorian marriage.  ________________________________

 Isolation in a hostile world  Jane is the existential heroine as she grows up isolated from her cousins and aunt, who are all hostile toward her, belittling her constantly.  Freedom of choice and responsibility for one's actions  After learning that Mr. Rochester is not free to marry her, Jane chooses to leave Thornfield despite being penniless.

 The byronic hero  The mysterious element of the supernatural  _________________________

 What was Jane Eyre thinking/feeling and how does effect the outcome/meaning of the text?

 You give this one a try! (Everyone will have a different answer!)

 Foreshadowing

 What did Emily Bronte mean with this metaphor of the tree that was struck by lightening?