Writing a Close Analysis and Prepared by:

Critical Interpretation of Literary Rosalia J.

Texts Using the Reader- Gaddi
Response and Formalistic Teacher III
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 discuss the use of the reader-
response approach and the
Discuss
formalistic approach in analyzing and
interpreting a literary text;

At the end of
the lesson, Explain
explain the steps in writing a critical
literary analysis; and
you are
expected to:
write a critical analysis and
interpretation of a literary texts using
Write
the reader- response approach and
the formalistic approach.
Review of the past •Critical Reading
lesson: Approaches
What is a Literary
Analysis?
LITERARY CRITICISM/ANALYSIS

•A literary analysis is not merely

a summary of a literary work. Instead,
it is an argument about the work that
expresses a writer's personal
perspective, interpretation, judgment, or
critical evaluation of the work.
Formalist Criticism
•It highlights the “form of a literary work to
identify its meaning.” What makes a work of art
depends highly on how “all of its elements (style,
structure, imagery, tone, genre) work together
to offer to the reader’s experience (thought,
feeling, reactions, etc), not by any context such
as the era, social setting, and author’s
background.
READER-
RESPONSE
APPROACH
 READER-RESPONSE APPROACH

• Reader-response approach/criticism describes the “internal

workings of the reader’s mental processes, affirming that
reading is indeed a creative act and process. The meaning of
a text highly depends on how the reader responds to it. The
interpretation is likely influenced by one’s experiences,
culture, and period of time.
STEPS IN WRITING A LITERARY ANALYSIS
(Literary Analysis Template)
I. Introduction: state the title of the work, the author’s name and the date of publications

outline main ideas of the literary text and identify the author’s thesis
state your own thesis statement and your main idea about the work
II. Summary briefly outline the main ideas of the literary text
III: Analysis
discuss the structure, style, point of view, settings, characters, theme, symbolisms and other elements
state what you like and what do not like about the literary text.
explain your ideas with specific examples from the literary text.
assess whether the author achieved his intended goal.
IV: Conclusion Restate your thesis statement
summarize your main idea
Story elements to
be considered
when writing a
literary analysis of a
shorty story or a
novel.
READING ACTIVITY:
Excerpt “The Other Mother” of the novel Coraline

Background: Coraline is a children’s novel that deals

with the macabre, as reflected in the mirror, images
of reality. These images are reflections of the
protagonist’s own desires. It seems to be filled with
fantasy, but it is also a psychological journey inside
the main character’s heart and mind.
 1. What kind of
GUIDE person is Coraline?
QUESTION How does she like to
spend her time?
 Answers:
Coraline is an
She is adventurous,
adventurous, imaginative,
outgoing and brave.
and curious girl.

She loves exploring things

She also loves bothering
that are something new
other people.
and strange.
GUIDE
QUESTION:
ANSWERS:
•Coraline being locked in the mirror
conveys her true heavy feelings. She is
trapped in a place of loneliness and she
perceives herself that way. Due to lack
of love, support, and attention from her
parents, she feels like her life is a
grayscale in which there is no love to
put colors on it.
GUIDE
QUESTION:
ANSWERS:
When Coraline met the ghosts of the children the
beldam has trapped, she was curious of what and
who they were. When she found out who they were,
she felt sympathy while talking to the ghosts about
the things they had lost and what she might lost too
if she decided to stay in the other world for a long
period of time.
GUIDE
QUESTION:
 Answers:
The ghosts suggested her to flee from the beldam but Coraline, with
much courage, is determined to save her parents and the other
children too. She replied, “I don’t think so,” said Coraline. “I tried
running away, and it didn’t work. She just took my parents. Can you
tell me how to get out of this room?” This suggests that Coraline has a
strong and brave character with determination. She still chooses the
world with her real parents showing how much she loves them. The
protagonist had been an image of hope in the end for the other
children.
GUIDE QUESTION:

IMAGINARY WORLD REAL WORLD

5. How is Coraline treated by
her parents? Compare and
contrast her life in the other world
with the real world using a Venn
Diagram. Which does she find
appealing?
ANSWERS:

foods
Which does she find
appealing?
GUIDE QUESTION:
5. What reality about families was reflected in
the excerpt? What could be the author’s
purpose in using Coraline’s experience?
ANSWER:

No family is perfect. Sometimes family

members encountered problems and
misunderstanding.
But in the end, problems make family
members stronger, and their love for
each other will always be there.
 GROUP ACTIVITY:
Story elements:
GROUP 1. Plot,
GROUP 2. Settings,
GROUP 3. characters,
GROUP 4. problem/conflict,
GROUP 5. resolution/solution)
 Write a literary
analysis on the
PERFORMANCE TASKS
novel Coraline using
the reader-response
approach and
formalistic approach.
Finding How can you improve
practical your relationship with
your parents?
applications
of concepts How does poor
and skills in parenting affect the
daily living. character of a child?
 • In the reader-response approach,
the meaning of a text highly
Generalizations/ depends on how the reader
Abstractions responds to it. The interpretation
about the is likely influenced by one’s
experiences, culture, and period
lesson. of time.