Literary Approaches 2

Formalist approach focuses on ______.

• form, language, and details

• social and political issues

• reader's reaction

• value of women

• moral or ethical lessons

Moralist approach focuses on ______.

• form, language, and details

• social and political issues

• reader's reaction

• value of women

• moral or ethical lessons

Marxist approach focuses on ______.

• form, language, and details

• social and political issues

• reader's reaction

• value of women

• moral or ethical lessons

Feminist approach focuses on ______.

• form, language, and details

• social and political issues

• reader's reaction

• value of women

• moral or ethical lessons

Reader's Response approach focuses on ______.

• form, language, and details

• social and political issues

• reader's reaction

• value of women

• moral or ethical lessons

These literary approaches need research: (Choose 3)

• Formalist

• Marxist

• Feminist

• Historical

• Reader's Response

There is no right or wrong answer to a reading response.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The purpose of Reader's Response is ________.

• examining, explaining, and defending personal reaction to a text.

• examining the way female characters are defined.

• discovering the text's primitive or original meaning

• judging the value of the literature based on its moral lessons or ethical teachings.

• investigating literature's role in the class struggle.

The purpose of Marxism is ________.

• examining, explaining, and defending personal reaction to a text.

• examining the way female characters are defined.

• discovering the text's primitive or original meaning

• judging the value of the literature based on its moral lessons or ethical teachings.

• investigating literature's role in the class struggle.

The purpose of Moralist is ________.

• examining, explaining, and defending personal reaction to a text.

• examining the way female characters are defined.

• discovering the text's primitive or original meaning

• judging the value of the literature based on its moral lessons or ethical teachings.

• investigating literature's role in the class struggle.