English o’clock

WITH MA’AM JHANNA

 CLASSROOM RULES:

Listen when someone is talking.

Follow directions quickly and quietly.
Raise your hand to speak.
RESPECT others, and RESPECT yourself.
“Trashketball”
HOW TO PLAY:
Questions will be flashed on screen.

The students will prepare a pen and a paper, where

they will write their answers.

To make the activity fun, those who will have the

correct answer will be asked to squish/crIPple the
paper into the ball and take a shot into the trashcan.
Whoever makes it to the bin/basket will be given an
extra point
Question 1: It is the sequence of
events in a story or play. It is a
planned, logical series of events
having a beginning, middle and
end.
Question 1: It is the sequence of
events in a story or play. It is a
planned, logical series of events
having a beginning, middle and
end.
PLOT
Question 2: It refers to a place,
time, weather condition and even
mood of atmosphere.
Question 2: It refers to a place,
time, weather condition and even
mood of atmosphere.

SETTING
Question 3: The person and its
characteristics. He may be a
protagonist or antagonist.
Question 3: The person and its
characteristics. He may be a
protagonist or antagonist.

CHARACTER
Question 4: The angle from which
the story is told.
Question 4: The angle from which
the story is told.

POINT OF VIEW
Question 5: It is the exciting part or
turning point of the story.
Question 5: It is the exciting part or
turning point of the story.

CLIMAX
 OBJECTIVES:
identify the key areas and focus of Marxist and
Feminist approach;

examine a selection with a focus or the power

struggles; and

analyze characters from a selection through

Marxist and Feminist approach.
1.How does Guy De Maupassant describe Mathilde
Loisel?
2. How does it affect your opinion on her?
3. What is her reason in buying fine dress and borrowing
what she thought was an expensive piece of jewelry?
4. Why do you think she had such a good the at the ball?
5. What happened after she lost the necklace?
6. Explain Mathilde Loisel’s attitude towards honesty.
What would change about her situation if she were more
honest?
Marxist vs.
Feminist
Approaches to Literary Criticism

prepared by: Ma’am JGDSH

LITERARY CRITICISM
A critique/ literary criticism does four things:

 demonstrates a clear understanding of the material

being
critiqued, along with the author’s purpose and
meaning

 analyzes that material by dividing it into its main

sections, or
approaching its aspects

 defines and discusses the meaning and importance

of each of
MARXIST APPROACH
z

What is Marxist Approach?

- focuses on power struggles of the
characters. This concerns class
differences, economic , as well as the
implications and complications of the
 What is Marxist Approach?
-Its core idea is that the world is
divided into classes- the bourgeoisie,
and the proletariat.
-Bourgeoisie. Business owners who
control the means of production.
-Proletariat. Workers whose labor
transforms raw commodities into
economic goods
 Social Class
-refers to the stratification of
different groups based on power,
economic wealth, social wealth and
cultural wealth.
What is Marxist Approach?
What is Marxist Approach?
KARL
German political thinker who wrote
MARX about economics and politics.

A place that works together runs on

wage- labor “No economic class—wage
workers, landowners, etc.
should have power over
another. Everyone should
There would always be class contribute what they can,
struggle. and everyone should get
what they need.”
-Karl Marx
What is Marxist Approach?
What is Marxist Approach?
FRIEDRICH Son of a very rich factory
ENGELS owner.

The way the workers were

living at his father's factories
made Engels upset with the He was sent to England to run
class system. one of the factories.

He began to write about politics and workers'

struggles.
feminist APPROACH
 What is Feminist
Approach?
-the gender relationships of characters in the
story. It advocates gender equality especially
towards women. It also examines how some
aspects of our culture are inherently
patriarchal or male dominated.
Is Feminist Approach
“Anti-Men”?
 Is Feminist Approach
“Anti-Men”?
-Feminism is not "anti-men", but it is asking for
equal rights for men and women. This would
include the home life and care work. Women do
not always have to do those roles and it can be
shared with men as well.
Instructions: Students will be divided into two groups. They will be
given poems that they need to read and analyze, then do the task that
are assigned to you. Five minutes will be given to complete the task of
each group.

Group 1: Make a poster about this poem, and present it to the

class.

Group 2: Explain the meaning of this poem using the gender lens
(Feminist Approach) by answering/finishing the given statements.