The document defines different literary theories and approaches for analyzing texts, including formalist, historical, moralist, feminist, reader-response, and Marxist approaches. It provides examples of situations that could be analyzed using each approach and asks to identify the approach used in each example. The approaches involve analyzing literary elements, historical/cultural contexts, moral messages, gender perspectives, reader interpretations, and socioeconomic realities related to a text.
The document defines different literary theories and approaches for analyzing texts, including formalist, historical, moralist, feminist, reader-response, and Marxist approaches. It provides examples of situations that could be analyzed using each approach and asks to identify the approach used in each example. The approaches involve analyzing literary elements, historical/cultural contexts, moral messages, gender perspectives, reader interpretations, and socioeconomic realities related to a text.
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Quiz for grade 10 with the topic Critiquing a Literary Selection Based on Different Approaches
The document defines different literary theories and approaches for analyzing texts, including formalist, historical, moralist, feminist, reader-response, and Marxist approaches. It provides examples of situations that could be analyzed using each approach and asks to identify the approach used in each example. The approaches involve analyzing literary elements, historical/cultural contexts, moral messages, gender perspectives, reader interpretations, and socioeconomic realities related to a text.
The document defines different literary theories and approaches for analyzing texts, including formalist, historical, moralist, feminist, reader-response, and Marxist approaches. It provides examples of situations that could be analyzed using each approach and asks to identify the approach used in each example. The approaches involve analyzing literary elements, historical/cultural contexts, moral messages, gender perspectives, reader interpretations, and socioeconomic realities related to a text.
1. Sometimes called “lenses”. Test I. Identify what is being defined.
2. The true meaning of a text can be determined only by analyzing the literary elements of the 11. Sometimes called “lenses”. text. 12. The true meaning of a text can be determined 3. Involves the understanding of the historical only by analyzing the literary elements of the and cultural conditions that influence the text. production of the literary work. 13. Involves the understanding of the historical 4. It is to study literature from the and cultural conditions that influence the moral/intellectual perspective, is therefore, to production of the literary work. determine whether a work conveys a lesson or 14. It is to study literature from the message. moral/intellectual perspective, is therefore, to 5. Focuses on female representation in determine whether a work conveys a lesson or literature, paying attention to female points message. of view, concerns, and values. 15. Focuses on female representation in 6. Two different readers may derive completely literature, paying attention to female points different interpretations of the same literary of view, concerns, and values. text. 16. Two different readers may derive completely 7. It examines the relationship of a literary different interpretations of the same literary product to the actual economic social reality text. of its time and place. 17. It examines the relationship of a literary 8. Give three examples of any situation product to the actual economic social reality 9. in any approaches that you would like to of its time and place. 10. use and write what type of approach you used in 18. Give three examples of any situation your example. 19. in any approaches that you would like to 20. use and write what type of approach you used in Test II. Analyze the given example and write if it your example. is a Structuralist/Formalist Approach, Historical Approach, Moralist Approach, Feminist Test II. Analyze the given example and write if it Approach, Reader-Response Approach, and is a Structuralist/Formalist Approach, Historical Marxist Approach. Approach, Moralist Approach, Feminist Approach, Reader-Response Approach, and 1. The story "Dead Stars" is daunting. Words are not Marxist Approach. simple, and the author used too much of figurative language. 11. The story "Dead Stars" is daunting. Words are not 2. The girl fell off her bicycle because the tires of her simple, and the author used too much of figurative bicycle had a hole. language. 3. Allowing them to understand how courtship, 12. The girl fell off her bicycle because the tires of her marriage, and fidelity were considered in the early bicycle had a hole. 1900s. 13. Allowing them to understand how courtship, 4. In a culture affected by materialism and even marriage, and fidelity were considered in the early existentialism, the Loisels have many unethical 1900s. options in the face of this misery. 14. In a culture affected by materialism and even 5. "Dead stars" by Paz Marquez Benitez is a story existentialism, the Loisels have many unethical about cheating. It emphasizes how men fall into options in the face of this misery. temptation. 15. "Dead stars" by Paz Marquez Benitez is a story 6. Esperanza is the typical woman, waiting for the about cheating. It emphasizes how men fall into decision of his man. temptation. 7. Trina was bullied by her classmates because they 16. Esperanza is the typical woman, waiting for the don’t want a poor classmate. decision of his man. 8. The story is also quite long and so is very time- 17. Trina was bullied by her classmates because they consuming to read and requires plenty of time to don’t want a poor classmate. have a full grasp of it. 18. The story is also quite long and so is very time- 9. He battled with himself as he's been caught doing consuming to read and requires plenty of time to the correct thing and doing the correct thing in his have a full grasp of it. soul. 19. He battled with himself as he's been caught doing 10. They find another woman or mistress, meaning, the correct thing and doing the correct thing in his another world, another adventure and a new kind of soul. experience. 20. They find another woman or mistress, meaning, another world, another adventure and a new kind of experience.