Critical Lens, Part I Review

The purpose of using a critical lens is to:

• Make every text fit into one interpretation

• Encourage readers to analyze a text from different perspectives

• Replace traditional literary analysis with personal opinion

• Avoid thinking about the author or culture at all

True or False: The lenses cannot overlap (a text can only be looked at through ONE lens).

• True

• False

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True or False: The lenses are limited--we can't see everything.

• True

• False

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Which lens focuses on how class differences and power structures shape a text?

• Feminist

• Cultural

• Marxist/Societal

• Psychoanalytic

If a student analyzes how an author’s childhood trauma shows up in their writing,

which lens are they using?

• Reader-Response

• Biographical

• Archetypal

• Psychoanalytic

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A biographical reading of Little Red Riding Hood might focus on:

• The Wolf as a universal villain figure

• How readers’ personal fears of the forest shape their interpretation

• The symbolic meaning of colors like red and black

• How the author’s personal life or time period influenced the way the story was written

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Why is the Reader-Response lens significant in literary analysis?

• It ignores the reader’s role in interpretation

• It insists that all readers must agree on one meaning

• It emphasizes how readers’ personal experiences and values shape interpretation

• It focuses only on the psychological life of the author

Why are archetypes important in literature?

• They only appear in old myths and are no longer relevant today

• They provide universal patterns that help readers connect with stories across cultures and time periods

• They make characters predictable and uninteresting

• They replace the need for unique characters

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Which of the following is a Situational Archetype?

• Mentor

• The Quest

• Innocent

• Villain

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Which Symbolic Archetype is most often linked to rebirth and renewal?

• Fire

• Water

• Darkness

• Castle

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