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CRITIQUE
CRITIQUE
CRITIQUE
 CRITIQUE
/krə-ˈtēk/

is a genre of academic writing that briefly and critically

summarizes and evaluates a work or concept.

Critiques can be used to carefully analyze

a variety of works such as:
• Creative works – novels, exhibits, film,
images, poetry;
• Research – journal articles, reviews;
• Media – news reports, feature
articles, etc.
 CRITIQUE /krə-ˈtēk/

genre of Critique essay

academic writing
Critique paper/essay (Evaluation essay): Evaluation essay
• Analyze by questioning, arguing, and
looking for deeper meanings in a text.
• It's not just about pointing out bad
E - value- ation
things; it's about breaking it down
and seeing what's good and bad. Examine closely the value of
• We check if the work achieved what it a work = figuring out how
was supposed to do. good, effective, or important
the work is.
CRITIQUING HELPS US:
• Understand what the work is about.
• Know why it was made and who it's
for.
• See how the argument is made and
what evidence is used.
• Notice the style or creativity.
• Recognize the strong and weak
points.
 Do you have that
one friend who
often takes blurred
or bad pictures of
you, while you, on
the other hand,
manage to capture
great shots of
them?
Critical Approaches C r i t i c al
approaches are
l i k e d i f f e re nt
'lenses’ that
we use for
looking at and
interpreting
written works.
Critical Approaches Reader-Response

Formalist

Feminist

Marxist

Biographical

Historical
Critical Approaches Reader-Response

Formalist

Feminist
 Reader-Response criticism
1. focuses on the reader's interpretation and
experience of a text.
2. It suggests that the meaning of a text is not fixed
or objective, but rather depends on the reader's
subjective response to it.
3. believes that the reader's background,
experiences, and beliefs shape their interpretation
of a text, and that different readers can have
different interpretations of the same text.
 Reader-Response criticism
1. focuses on the reader's interpretation and
experience of a text.

Reader’s interpretation = how you see a text

Reader’s experience = what you think and
what you feel about a text
 Reader-Response criticism
1. focuses on the reader's interpretation and
experience of a text.
2. It suggests that the meaning of a text is not fixed
or objective, but rather depends on the reader's
subjective response to it.
3. believes that the reader's background,
experiences, and beliefs shape their interpretation
of a text, and that different readers can have
different interpretations of the same text.
 Reader-Response criticism
• focuses on the reader's interpretation and
experience of a text.
2. It suggests that the meaning of a text is not fixed
or objective, but rather depends on the reader's
subjective response to it.
 Reader-Response criticism
• the meaning of a the meaning of a
text depends on the text is different for
reader's subjective each person
response to it.
Why?
 Reader-Response criticism
• the meaning of a the meaning of a
text depends on the text is different for
reader's subjective each person
response to it.
because…
3. believes that the reader's background,
experiences, and beliefs shape their interpretation
of a text, and that different readers can have
different interpretations of the same text.
 Reader-Response criticism
• the meaning of a the meaning of a
text depends on the text is different for
reader's subjective each person
response to it.
because…
3. believes that the of the reader's background,
experiences, and beliefs that shape their
interpretation of a text, and that different readers
can have different interpretations of the same text.
 Reader-Response criticism

Reader Text Meaning

(How do you
feel/What do
you think)
 Formalist criticism
• is also known as formalism
• is an approach that focuses on the text. It’s
elements, literary devices, form, and its
structure.
• it uses close reading.
• it ignores the author, the reader and social
context.
 Formalist criticism / Formalism
Focuses on the Elements, Form, Structure,
Literary Devices Close Reading
Text
- analyze the text - analyze and focus on the - analyzing a text by
itself rather than elements/ structure / form carefully examining
focusing on the example: writing style, plot, its details,
reader, writer, or the characters, setting, etc. language, and
social context - Literary devices such as structure to gain a
(background of the symbolism, imagery, figures deep
text) of speech, etc. understanding of its
meaning
Formalist criticism / Formalism

Text Meaning
(Form, Elements,
Structure, Literary
Devices)
 Feminist criticism / Feminism
• It looks at how women are portrayed and treated in a text.
• It also shows how our culture often thinks men are better
than women.
• It focuses on finding situations where women are made to
feel less important because of their gender.
• It also wants to expose and fight against this unfair
treatment of women.
• Its goal is to balance the scales between women and men,
so they have the same rights and opportunities.
 Feminist criticism / Feminism

Women Text Meaning

(How women were
portrayed and
treated because of
their gender.)
"Elevate Your English: From Academics to the
Professional World“

G R A D E 1 2 | Ms. Jeanna Monterey, LPT