Critical Approaches in Writing a Critique

EAPP LESSON 6
What is a Critique?
it is a genre of academic writing
briefly and critically summarizes and
evaluates a work or concept.
Critique Paper
SUMMARY
EVALUATION
Critiques can be used to carefully analyze a variety
of work such as:
■ Creative works - novels, exhibits, film, images,
poetry;
■ Reasearch - monographs, journal articles,
systematic reviews, theories;
■ Media - news, reports, feature articles.
 to judge or to evaluate
Criticize someone or something

the paper or essay

Critique the product of criticizing

Critic the person doing the criticism

Critique Paper
uses a formal, academic writing
style and has clear structure

Introduction
Body
Conclusion
 Introduction
Critique Paper uses Body
Conclusion

its BODY contains the summary of the subject and

the detailed evaluation about it.
Why make Critques?
PURPOSE OF CRITIQUE

1. Gauge the usefulness or impact of a

work in a field.

CREATIVITY
MESSAGE
IMPACT
CRITICAL APPROACHES
the way on how to write a critique
| FORMALIST CRITICISM
claims that literary works have
intrinsic properties and treats
each work as a distinct work of art

ELEMENTS of a Story
characters, setting,
conflict, plot, point
of view
| FORMALIST CRITICISM or
FORMALISM is about Elements of
the Text being criticized.

remember!

FORMALISM = TEXT’s FORM

| READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM
-is a concerned with the reviewer’s
reaction as an audience of a literary work.
-claims that the reader’s role cannot be
separated from understanding of the
work.
-claims that a text does not have
meaning until the reader reads and
interprets it.
| READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM
-criticism is focused on the message of
the text.

How do you feel after reading the

story?
What are the lessons you learned
from the story?
| Reader’s Understanding of
the Text - your own
understanding of the text is
what important.
| FEMINIST CRITICISM
-focuses on how literature presents
women as subjects of socio-political,
psychological, and economic oppression.

-tends to reveal that patriarchal

aspects of our culture
-based on how men and women were
presented
| FEMINIST CRITICISM
-Are the male characters
powerful or superior in their
position while the female
characters are subordinate or
inferior?
-Are the male characters decisive
and the females are not?
remember!

FEMINISM = FEMALES
| MARXIST CRITICISM
-concerned with the differences
between economic classes.

-attempts to reveal that the ultimate

source of people’s experiences is the
socio-economic system.
 Four Approaches
1.FORMALISM IS ABOUT THE FORM OR THE
ELEMENTS.
2.READER-RESPONSE IS ABOUT YOUR REACTION AS
A READER.
3.FEMINISM IS ABOUT THE FEMALES OR THE
WOMEN.
4.MARXISM is about the SOCIAL CLASSES.