Mayor -EDR 519

Unpacking Literature
Critical Literacy Questions
Textual Purposes!
What is the text about? How do we know?
Why are we reading and /or viewing this text?
Textual "tructures
What do the images suggest? Be specific in your response
What do the words suggest? Be specific in your response
What kind of language is used in the text? Be specific in your response
Construction o# c$aracters%
How are the characters constructed in the text? Why? ( what words are used construct the
character)
&aps an' "ilences
re there !gaps" and !silences" in the text?
Who is missing from the text?
What has been left out of the text?
What #uestions does the text not raise?
Po(er an' )nterest
$n whose interest is the text?
What knowledge does the reader / viewer need to bring to this text in order to understand
it?
Which position% voices and interests are at play in the text?
Who is allowed to speak? Whose views are privileged or excluded?
*$ose +ie(, ($ose reality%
What view of the world is the text presenting?
What kinds of social realities does the text create?
How does the text create a version of reality?
)nterrogating t$e co-poser%
What kind of person and% with what interests and values composed the text?
How to contextual factors influence how the text is written?