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Approaches to

Literary Criticism
Literary Criticism
GoodDay, 01

Class!
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Reminders
Be Be
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prepared. attentive.
Be an 02

Check your 03
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surroundings. 04

participant. 05

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Guess the
Picture!
Can you guess what is in the pictures
below?
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What is
Psychoanalysis
Approach?
● The methods of reading used by
Sigmund Freud to interpret the
text are adopted by 01

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Psychoanalytic Criticism. 03

● It claims that literary work is an 04

expression of one’s neuroses.


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Who is Sigmund
Freud?
Things to Consider in
Criticizing Literary Text
Using Psychoanalytic
Approach
1. Unconscious cognition,
emotional, and motivational
processes;
2. contradictory mental 01

processes; 02

3. defense and self-deception;


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4. the impact of the past.


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What is Feminist
Approach?
●Feminist Literary Criticism
reflects and shapes prejudices 01

and other cultural


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preconceptions. 04

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Do you have any idea
about when the
Feminism started?
Things to Consider in Criticizing
Literary Text Using Feminist
Approach
1. This examines how some
components of our culture are 01

essentially patriarchal; 02

2. Feminism simply wants to show 03

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the power of women; 05

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3. Feminist criticism is particularly
concerned with the less visible
kinds of discrimination; and 01

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4. Some female writers use 03

masculine pen names just to 04

avoid discrimination. 05

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Typical Questions

01 Portrayal 03 Roles 01

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Characteristic
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02 Power Dynamics 04
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Typical Questions
Patriarchy's
economic, political,
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social, and
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psychological
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Potential of 03

Sisterhood
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Typical Questions
women's literary
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literary
Patriarchy's 03
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functioning 04

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What is Gender
Criticism?
●This method looks at how
sexual identity impacts the 01

development and interpretation


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of literary works. 04

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How to criticize literary text
using gender criticism
approach?
It is focused on:
1. Masculinist and
queer ideas.
Similarities of
Feminist and Gender
Approach
●Feminism and gender criticism
approach focuses on both studies the impact
of gender and sexual identity; 01

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●They acknowledge that literature both 03

reflects and shapes prejudices and other 04

cultural biases; and


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Differences of
Feminist and Gender
Approach
●Feminist criticism is an approach in
criticism from a feminist perspective; and
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●Gender criticism is a type of literary 02

criticism that incorporates both feminist and 03

masculinist perspectives as well as queer 04

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ideas. 06
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Listening!
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