Critical Lens, Part I Review

The "ocular devices" in National Treasure allow the characters to...

• see into the future

• see what others can't see

• see the past

True or False: There are only 4 critical lenses you can study in literature.

• True

• False

Critical Lenses are...

• glasses that help us to see better

• limited ways of looking at a text

• a way to understand the multiple ways of viewing a text

An archetype is...

• a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology

• a type of character that constantly changes

• a literary element based on history

Which lens asks you to look at how money plays a role in the text?

• Gender Critical

• Cultural Critical

• Marxist/Social Class

• Archetypal

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

• True

• False

Which lens asks you to look at identities of individuals and groups of people?

• Gender Critical

• Marxist/Social Class

• Cultural Critical

• Archetypal

Critical Lenses are used to

• understand the plot of a story

• see that there are many perspectives/many ways to see a story

• find the hidden secrets of a story

Power is a question of focus for all of the lenses we're studying except

• Gender Critical

• Archetypal

• Cultural Critical

• Marxist/Social Class

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

• True

• False