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12 SHALE: Good morning Ma’am Freya and Ma’am Sheryl and great
13 morning to our listeners especially the Grade 9 students who are
14 always excited to learn new ideas every day. Stay tuned and
15 interact with us as we deliver the lesson through radio and FB
16 live.
17 SHERYL: Hello Ma’am Freya and Ma’am Shale and also great morning to
18 our grade 9 listeners. Thank you for having us in today’s
19 episode as we share our knowledge and expertise in critiquing a
20 literary selection using the moralist approach and to write a
21 poem based from the theme of selected approach.
22 FREYA: Great! I’m sure our listeners especially the Grade 9 learners are
23 now very excited to learn something new today. Let’s now begin
24 the discussion. Take it away Ma’am Shale and Ma’am Sheryl.
25 SHALE: Thank you ma’am Freya!
26 Once again, a pleasant morning to our listeners. We are halfway
27 through our journey in continuing learning in the new normal.
28 Good job for making this far! Keep it up .We are now about to
29 learn about a very important skill that will definitely make you
30 relate to your past experiences.
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32 SHERYL The world, as we know it, is constantly evolving. Concepts
33 around us continue to introduce innovations that would require a
34 more complex skill in understanding. Your previous lessons
35 have equipped you with necessary information to grasp the
36 whole idea and mechanism of the innovative language
37 communication process. In this particular chapter of this
38 quarter’s learning, you are expected to compose an independent
39 critique of a chosen selection based on moralist’s approach.
40 SHALE: Critical thinking is one of the highest forms of skills that must be
41 developed to make the communication process more effective.
42 The ability to break down complex information and analyze
43 situations for better understanding is way significant. It does not
44 only promote your capacity to understand and process
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2 SHALE: (4)Moralist’s particular interests are the elements form-style,
3 structure, tone, imagery that are found on the text.
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5 SHERYL: (5)Critique is the same as “summary”.
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7 SHALE: (6)The part of the critique that contains the title of the
8 book/article and the name of the writer is the conclusion.
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10 SHERYL: (7)The introduction contains the thesis statement.
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12 SHALE: (8)Critique is also termed as “review”.
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14 SHERYL: (9)Literary criticism is the comparison, analysis, interpretation,
15 and/or evaluation of works of literature.
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17 SHALE: And (10) The last part of a critique paper is the summary.
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19 SHERYL: That’s it our dear Grade 10 learners! We’ll go back and check
20 your answers after our discussion.
21 Now let’s get started! Do you know what literary criticism is? If
22 you think it is the comparison, analysis, interpretation, and/or
23 evaluation of works of literature, you are definitely correct.
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25 SHALE: According to (Dickinson Waidner Spahr Library, 2020), Literary
26 criticism is essentially an opinion, supported by evidence,
27 relating to the theme, style, setting or historical or political
28 context.
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30 SHERYL: It usually includes discussion of the work’s content and
31 integrates your ideas with other insights gained from research.
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33 SHALE: Literary criticism may have a positive or a negative bias and
34 may be a study of an individual piece of literature or an author’s
35 body of work.
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37 SHERYL: Researching, reading and writing works of literary criticism will
38 help you to make better sense of the work, form judgements
39 about literature, study ideas from different points of view, and
40 determine on an individual level whether a literary work is worth
41 reading. It can also help you create opportunities for new styles
42 of writing.
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44 SHALE: There are various ways or approaches by which you can
45 analyse and critique a certain material based on its technical
46 aspects, its approach to gender, your reaction as the audience,
47 or through its portrayal of class struggle, social culture or
48 through judgement according to moral rather than formal
49 principles. Ma’am Sheryl, can you give us several approaches to
50 literary criticism?
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2 SHERYL Of course Ma’am Shale, these are several approaches to literary
3 criticism. We have Formalism, structuralism, Marxism,
4 historicism, cultural studies, psychoanalytic, gender
5 studies/queer theory, reader response and more.
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7 SHALE: All right! Thank you ma’am Sheryl!
8 To give a short review about some of the approaches, when we
9 say formalism, this claims that literary work contains intrinsic
10 properties and treats each work as a distinct work of art. In
11 short, it is assumed that the key to understanding a text is
12 through the text itself; the historical context, the author, or any
13 other external contexts are not necessary in interpreting the
14 meaning. How about reader response Ma’am Sheryl?
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16 SHERYL Reader response criticism is concerned with the reviewer’s
17 reaction as an audience of a work. It claims that reader’s role
18 cannot be separated from the understanding of the work .It asks
19 the reader to examine, explain and defend his/her personal
20 reaction to a reading.
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22 SHALE: Marxist criticism, this approach is concerned with differences
23 between economic classes and implications of a capitalist
24 system, such as the continuing conflicts between the working
25 class and the elite. It examines literature to see how it reflects
26 (1) the way in which dominant groups exploit the subordinate
27 groups and (2) the ways in which people become alienated from
28 one another through power, money and politics.
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30 SHERYL: Feminist criticism, this approach focuses on how literature
31 presents woman as subjects of socio-political, psychological and
32 economic oppression. While reading a text, a feminist literary
33 critic contests traditional standards or outlooks. It involves the
34 following fundamental methods: Identifying with female
35 characters and reevaluating literature and the world in which
36 literature is read and Historical criticism analyses literary text by
37 using historical events and evidences that include information
38 about the author’s life, historical and social circumstances.
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40 SHALE: It’s good to know the definition of some approaches that can be
41 used to critique a literary work. But today we will just be
42 focusing on Moralist criticism. Ma’am Sheryl, can you give as an
43 idea what is moralist criticism?
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45 SHERYL Moralist Criticism is a type of literary critique that judges the
46 value of the literature based on its moral lessons or ethical
47 teachings. The reader is the person identifies if the reading is
48 moral or not. Moralist criticism in simple terms, determine the
49 worth of literature by seeing if it encourages good out of the
50 reader.
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2 SHALE: That’s right Ma’am Sheryl, as long as it judges the value of
3 literature based on its moral lessons or ethical teaching it is
4 Moralist criticism. There are common aspects looked into when
5 using moralist criticism in literature.
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7 SHERYL Literature that is essentially sound and encourages virtue is
8 praised and literature that misguides and/or corrupts is
9 condemned. There are things you need to consider in evaluating
10 works using this approach. What are those ma’am Shale?
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12 SHALE: You have to consider the maturity, sincerity, honesty, sensitivity
13 and courage in evaluating literary works using Moralist criticism.
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15 SHERYL Just to add information, moral critics believe that the larger
16 purpose of literature is to teach morality and to probe
17 philosophical issues.
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19 SHALE: The Christian Bible and any other religious ‘guide’ book is a form
20 of moral literature.
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22 SHERYL Literature should combine “the sweet and useful”, mixing
23 pleasure of reality with moral instruction. However, the way
24 literature interacts with moral values is not always simple.
25 Literature is more of an experimental art form. This approach
26 has its own benefit or advantage.
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28 SHALE: This approach is useful for such work which does present an
29 obvious moral philosophy. Readers can fruitfully interrogate a
30 text from this point of view. However moral approach has
31 become less popular and influential during the last few decades.
32 What do you think is the reason, Ma’am Sheryl?
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34 SHERYL Well, ma’am Shale, it could be due to being judgmental; one
35 difficulty with evaluating a text’s ideas from moral perspective is
36 that it is not always easy to discern character intentions as good
37 or bad or both in separate contexts, this approach also has
38 limitations.
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40 SHALE: Plenty of critics point to dangers inherent in applying moral
41 values to the evaluation of literature. This idea that literature is
42 moral or good if it portrays morally correct behaviour and
43 immoral of bad if it portrays morally corrupt behaviour that has
44 been with us a long time.
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46 SHERYL: Critics may also examine the moral effect or value of a work in a
47 more general way, considering how the image, events,
48 character and even styles in work affect its reader as moral
49 being.
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1 SHALE: Our dear Grade 9 learners, always remember that when using
2 this approach to critique a literary selection, it must judge the
3 value of the literature based on its moral lessons or ethical
4 readings and see if it encourages good out of the reader.
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6 SHERYL: Thank you for that information Ma’am Shale. I’m sure that our
7 Grade 9 listeners are now very excited to learn more about this
8 lesson so continue listening so you can grasp the important
9 concepts on how to critique a literary selection using the moralist
10 approach. Right, Ma’am Shale?
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12 SHALE: Yes, of course Ma’am Sheryl, Now that you already know what
13 literary criticism is and the moralist criticism; let us now study
14 what critique is and the structure of a critique paper. So grade 9
15 listeners, are you familiar with the definition of critique?
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17 SHALE: Critique is a genre of academic writing that briefly summarizes
18 and critically evaluates a work or concept.It is a systematic
19 analysis of a piece of fiction or nonfiction that discusses its
20 validity and evaluates its worth.It is also otherwise termed as
21 “review”. Maám Sheryl, can you give us examples of works or
22 concepts where critique can be used / applied?
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24 SHERYL: Critique can be used to carefully analyse a variety of works such
25 as: Creative works – which include novels, exhibits, film, images
26 and poetry, Research – monographs, journal articles, systematic
27 reviews and theories, lastly, Media - news reports and feature
28 articles.
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30 SHALE: That’s it ma’am Sheryl! Like an essay, a critique uses a precise,
31 academic writing style and has a clear structure, that is, an
32 introduction, body and conclusion. However, the body of a
33 critique includes a summary of the work and a detailed
34 evaluation. The purpose of an evaluation is to gauge the
35 usefulness or impact of a work in a particular field.
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37 SHERYL Take note Grade 9 that when writing a critique, you do not just
38 simply summarize, but you have to make critical assessment,
39 analyses, or evaluation of different works. As advanced form of
40 writing, this involves your skills in critical thinking and
41 recognizing arguments.
42 SHALE: To critique a form of writing is to do the following: (1) DESCRIBE
43 – give the reader a sense of the writer’s overall purpose and
44 intent.This will tell you whether the article is sad, exciting, boring
45 or fun. Are the characters fabulous? Are the setting grandest?
46 (2) ANALYZE- examine how the structure and language of the
47 text convey its meaning
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49 SHERYL (3) INTERPRET- state the significance or importance of each
50 part of the text and (4) ASSESS- make a judgment of the work’s
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1 You have to summarize the literary text you have read in your
2 own words. Do not copy/paste from another source.
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4 SHERYL: Third is the body, around 75% of the paper. Use about three to
5 five points to support your thesis statement. It comprises with
6 the following: a) appropriateness of methodology to support the
7 arguments b) theoretical soundness, or coherence of ideas c)
8 sufficiency and soundness of explanation in relation to other
9 available information and experts d) other perspective in
10 explaining the concepts and ideas. There are questions that are
11 best to ask during this part: what are those Ma’am Shale?
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13 SHALE: In writing the body, it is very helpful to ask the following
14 questions: Does the writer explicitly state his/her thesis
15 statement? What are the assumptions for example, a
16 scientific/logical/literary explanation without evidence mentioned
17 in the work? Are they explicitly discussed? What are the
18 contributions of the work to the field where it belongs? What
19 problems and issues are discussed or presented in the work?
20 What kind of information for example observation, survey,
21 statistics, historical accounts are presented in the work? How
22 are they used to support the arguments or thesis?
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24 SHERYL: Are there other ways of supporting the arguments or thesis
25 aside from the information used in the work? Is the author or
26 creator silent about these alternative ways of explanation? By
27 answering these questions, it will guide you to come up with a
28 good critique.
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30 SHALE: And the last part of your critique is the conclusion, around 10%
31 of the paper. This part is also subjective for it depends on how
32 you compose your thoughts and understanding of the selection.
33 It contains the overall impression of the work. On is part, you
34 may restate your thesis in fresh words, summarize your main
35 ideas, if possible, with new and stronger words. And also, you
36 may include a call to action. For example, if you want to
37 recommend or encourage other people to read the text, you may
38 say it here. But remember to avoid introducing your ideas by
39 stating, “I think” or “In my opinion”. You have to keep your focus
40 on the subject of your analysis and not on yourself.
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42 SHERYL: Just additional information Ma’am Shale, critiques usually range
43 in length from 250 to 750 words. As we mentioned a while ago,
44 critiques are not just simply summaries but critical assessment,
45 analysis, or evaluation of different works.
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47 SHALE: Take note grade 9 listeners that writing a critique on a work
48 helps us to develop knowledge of the work, an understanding of
49 the work’s purpose, intended audience, development of
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2 SHERYL: (1)Moralistic approach is a literary criticism to judge literary works
3 based on moral rather than formal principles.
4 AGREE
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6 SHALE: (2)Moralistic approach is judging literary works by their ethical
7 teachings and by their effects on the readers.
8 AGREE
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10 SHERYL: (3)Literature that is ethically sound and encourages virtue is
11 praised.
12 AGREE
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14 SHALE: (4)Moralist’s particular interests are the elements form-style,
15 structure, tone, imagery that are found on the text.
16 DISAGREE (Moralist’s interests are moral lessons and ethical
17 teachings)
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19 SHERYL: (5)Critique is the same as “summary”.
20 DISAGREE (It is a critical assessment, not summary)
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22 SHALE: (6)The part of the critique that contains the title of the
23 book/article and the name of the writer is the conclusion.
24 DISAGREE (Introduction)
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26 SHERYL: (7)The introduction contains the thesis statement.
27 AGREE
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30 SHALE: (8)Critique is also termed as “review”.
31 AGREE
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33 SHERYL: (9)Literary criticism is the comparison, analysis, interpretation,
34 and/or evaluation of works of literature.
35 AGREE
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37 SHALE: And (10) The last part of a critique paper is the summary.
38 DISAGREE (Conclusion)
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40 SHERYL: All right! Did you have fun learners? How many items did you
41 answer correctly?
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43 SHALE: That is excellent! Congratulations Grade 9 learners.
44 At this juncture, we are now ready to answer the questions sent
45 through our FB live and text hotline. Don’t hesitate to ask if you
46 have some points to grill or clarify.
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4 SHALE That was great! Thank you for your active participation Grade 9
5 learners. I hope all your questions were answered and you are
6 now ready to deal with the tasks in the Learning Activity Sheets
7 or the parallel tests given by your subject teacher.
8 SHERYL That’s right Ma’am Shale! I’m sure our Grade 9 listeners already
9 grasped the needed concepts for them to explore what’s waiting
10 for them in the Learning Activity Sheets. Thank you for listening.
11 Let us be together again in the next episode of our radio
12 program. Again, I am Sheryl Natino from Delia Diezmo National
13 High School.
14 SHALE And I am Shale Pilapil from Gonzalo Aler National High School.
15 Thank you very much for inviting us in today’s episode.
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