Literary Lenses

Which lens includes the Essential Question (EQ) "What role does the physical setting play in the plot of this novel?"

• Cultural

• Critical Race Theory

• Deconstruction

• Ecocriticism

Which lens includes the Essential Question (EQ) "is there any evidence in the text indicating a possible secondary meaning?"

• Deconstruction

• Feminist/Gender

• Reader Response

• Marxism Response

Which lens includes the essential question (EQ) "what did the author want me to get out of this piece?"

• Historicism

• Author Intentionality-Rhetorical

• Feminist/Gender

• Ecocriticism

Which lens includes the Essential Question (EQ) "How would the story change if gender roles were shifted?"

• Marxism Response

• Historicism

• Critical Race Theory

• Feminist/Gender

Which lens includes the Essential Question (EQ) "what role does class play in the work; what is the author's analysis of class relations?"

• Marxism Response

• Reader Response

• Author-Intentionality Rhetorical

• Deconstruction

Which lens includes the Essential Question (EQ) "How can we accurately reflect the experiences of victims of racism?"

• Feminist/Gender

• Historicism

• Marxist Response

• Critical Race Theory

Which lens includes the Essential Question (EQ) "How does the culture reflected in the writing affect your understanding of it? How does your own culture affect your understanding of it?

• Cultural

• Historicism

• Reader Response

• Author-Intentionality Rhetorical

Which lens includes the Essential Question (EQ) "how do you feel about what you read?"

• Cultural

• Feminist/Gender

• Reader Response

• Deconstruction

Which lens includes the Essential Question (EQ) "how did the time period in which the work was written affect how and why it was written?"

• Critical Race Theory

• Historicism

• Marxist Response

• Eco-criticism

Which lens includes the Essential Question (EQ) "how were those techniques used to manipulate the reader?"

• Critical Race Theory

• Reader Response

• Cultural

• Author Intentionality-Rhetorical