CRITICAL

APPROACHES TO
LITERATURE
Asynchronous Activity
Classify the type of critical writing approach
which is being identified in the following
statement.
1. A primary goal: to determine how such
elements work together with the text's content to
shape its effects upon readers
2. Literature is written by actual people and that
understanding an author's life can help readers
more thoroughly comprehend the work
3. This seeks to understand a literary work by
investigating the social, cultural, and intellectual
context that produced it-a context that necessarily
includes the artist's biography and milieu.
Classify the type of critical writing approach
which is being identified in the following
statement.
4. Examines how sexual identity influences the
creation and reception of literary works
5. It reflects the effect that modern psychology
has had upon both literature and literary criticism
6. This approach examines literature in the
cultural, economic and political context in which
it is written or received, exploring the
relationships between the artist and society.
Classify the type of critical writing approach
which is being identified in the following
statement.
7. Focuses on the economic and political elements
of art, often emphasizing the ideological content
of literature
8. This approach takes as a fundamental tenet that
"literature" exists not as an artifact upon a printed
page but as a transaction between the physical
text and the mind of a reader.
Write your reaction/s on the following statements and
identify the critical writing approach that you can
use in further elaborating your answer.
Example: Statement: Only Dove soap touches my
wife’s skin.
Reaction: This is an unfair statement leaning toward
the male view point as they limit the choice of the wife
on soap.
Critical Writing Approach: Gender Criticism /
Feminist Criticism
Write your reaction/s on the following statements and
identify the critical writing approach that you can
use in further elaborating your answer.
1. Statement: "Better educational outcomes are a
strong predictor for future economic growth," said
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria.
Reaction:_____________________________________
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Critical Writing Approach:
Write your reaction/s on the following statements and
identify the critical writing approach that you can
use in further elaborating your answer.
2. Statement: "Boys don’t cry”
Reaction:_____________________________________
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Critical Writing Approach:
Write your reaction/s on the following statements and
identify the critical writing approach that you can
use in further elaborating your answer.
3. Statement: " In a statement, the DFA said the
Philippine Embassy in London is assisting 55-year-old
Violeta Aylward, who was caught on a CCTV turning
off the life-support system of her British patient in
January 2009.
Reaction:_____________________________________
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Critical Writing Approach:
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Write your reaction/s on the following statements and
identify the critical writing approach that you can
use in further elaborating your answer.
4. Statement: " To bait fish withal; if it will feed
nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced
me and hindered me half a million, laughed at my
losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation,
thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine
enemies – and what's his reason? I am a Jew
Reaction:_____________________________________
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Critical Writing Approach:
Write your reaction/s on the following statements and
identify the critical writing approach that you can
use in further elaborating your answer.
5. Statement: " A hound dog found a bone and held it tightly in his
mouth. He growled and scowled at anyone who attempted to take it
away. Off into the woods he went to bury his prize. When he came
to a stream, he trotted over the footbridge and happened to glance
into the water. He saw his own reflection. Thinking it was another
dog with a bigger bone, he growled and scowled at it. The
reflection growled and scowled back. "I'll get THAT bone too,"
thought the greedy dog, and he snapped his sharp teeth at the image
in the water. Alas, his own big bone fell with a splash, out of sight,
the moment he opened his mouth to bite!
Reaction:______________________________________________
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Critical Writing Approach: