3.3. Critical Perspectives

• Considering multiple critical perspectives enhances understanding of a text.


  True
• Match the critical theory with its key concept:

  Marxism ↔️ Class struggle

  Feminism ↔️ Gender roles

  Psychoanalytic Criticism ↔️ Unconscious desires
• What is a key concept in Psychoanalytic Criticism?

  Freudian ego
• Reader-Response Criticism emphasizes the reader's interpretation and personal experience
• Match the critical perspective with its focus:

  Feminist Criticism ↔️ Gender and power dynamics

  Marxist Criticism ↔️ Social ideologies
• Psychoanalytic Criticism uses Freudian concepts such as the ego
• How do critical theories enhance the understanding of literary texts?

  By providing distinct lenses
• What happens when diverse critical lenses are applied to a literary text?

  New insights emerge
• The major critical theories include Formalism, Marxism, and Feminism
• Marxism as a critical theory examines capitalism and class struggle in literary texts.
• What is the central concept of Psychoanalytic Criticism?

  Unconscious desires
• Each critical theory provides a unique lens for interpreting literary texts.


  True
• What does Reader-Response Criticism consider in literary analysis?

  Personal experience
• Marxism in pre-1900 poetry analyzes the impact of capitalism and class struggle.
• Why is it important to consider multiple critical perspectives when analyzing a literary text?

  To gain a deeper understanding
• What is a key concept in Marxism?

  Class struggle
• Critical lenses emphasize different aspects of the literary text
• The thesis statement is the central argument or claim
• How can a Marxist lens help in crafting an argumentative essay?

  By focusing on power dynamics
• New Historicism examines cultural practices and historical events in literature.
• Steps to apply critical perspectives to pre-1900 poetry

  1️⃣ Choose a critical perspective

  2️⃣ Analyze the poem through that lens

  3️⃣ Identify key concepts

  4️⃣ Discuss how the perspective enhances understanding
• A Psychoanalytic reading of a pre-1900 poem might explore the unconscious motivations of its characters.


  True
• Formalism focuses on the text's structure, language, and use of literary devices
• What are critical perspectives in literary analysis?

  Different ways to analyze
• Major critical theories include Formalism, Marxism, Feminism, Psychoanalytic Criticism, New Historicism, and Reader-Response Criticism.Each
• Formalism focuses on text structure and language
• What does Feminism analyze in literary texts?

  Gender stereotypes
• Arrange the critical perspectives in alphabetical order:

  1️⃣ Feminist Criticism

  2️⃣ Formalism

  3️⃣ Marxist Criticism

  4️⃣ New Historicism

  5️⃣ Psychoanalytic Criticism

  6️⃣ Reader-Response Criticism
• What is the focus of Formalism in literary analysis?

  Text structure
• Match the critical theory with its focus:

  Formalism ↔️ Text structure, language

  Marxism ↔️ Class struggle, power relations

  Feminism ↔️ Gender roles, patriarchy

  Psychoanalytic Criticism ↔️ Unconscious desires, psychological motivations

  New Historicism ↔️ Historical context, cultural influences

  Reader-Response Criticism ↔️ Reader's interpretation, personal experience
• Critical perspectives emphasize different aspects of a literary text
• Applying psychoanalytic criticism involves exploring unconscious motivations of characters.


  True
• What is the primary focus of Formalism as a critical theory?

  Text structure and language
• Feminism as a critical theory analyzes gender roles and stereotypes in literature.


  True
• What does Reader-Response Criticism emphasize in literary analysis?

  Reader's interpretation
• Match the critical perspective with its focus:

  Feminist Criticism ↔️ Gender and power dynamics

  Marxist Criticism ↔️ Social, economic, political ideologies

  Psychoanalytic Criticism ↔️ Unconscious motivations
• What are critical lenses used for in literary analysis?

  Guiding interpretation
• New Historicism situates a text within its cultural and historical context.


  True
• Applying critical perspectives can lead to a richer understanding of pre-1900 poetry.


  True
• What are the major critical theories that can be applied to analyze literary texts?

  Formalism, Marxism, Feminism, Psychoanalytic, New Historicism, Reader-Response