Critical Lenses

What is our best practice given the multiplicity of literary lenses we might consider in analyzing a text?

• stay curious

• try out viewpoints

• listen to each other

• all of the above

What is a potential outcome of a character's desires in a psychological analysis?

• They remain unfulfilled

• They change the setting

• They alter the genre

• They affect the author's biography

What do you call the way of looking at a particular work of literature by focusing on a particular perspective and types of questions?

• Critical lens

• Criticism

• Critical Essay

• Critic

What does a magnifying glass refer to when we analyze a text?

• Critical lens

• Glasses

• Meaning

• Audience

What is an interpretive approach that emphasizes literary form and the study of literary devices within the text?

• Marxism

• Structuralism

• New Historicism

• Formalism

Which literary theory tend to focus on the representation of class conflict as well as the reinforcement of class distinctions through the medium of literature?

• Structuralism

• Marxism

• Ethnic Studies

• Gender Studies

What do you call the study of structure of literature itself rather than its social context?

• New Historicism

• Structuralism

• Masculine Gender Theory

• Post-colonial Criticism

Which of the following is NOT an indicator of the best “lens” to use in analyzing literature?

• Depends on what you want to look for

• No one lens gives the clearest view

• All lens is unlimited

• Applying different lenses to the same text can reveal different features of that text.

Which of the following is TRUE?

• There is one perfect analysis, you just got to look for it.

• There is no one perfect analysis because of the meaning of the text depends on the lens of the reader.

• The author’s opinion about the text is greatly important before you analyze a text.

• The meaning of the should be based on the interpretation of the author otherwise, it is invalid.

Which of the following is NOT a goal in teaching in learning literary theory?

• To have tools to practice looking at texts in different ways.

• To see what happens to meaning when you ask certain questions.

• To focus less on being right, and more on being curious.

• To set one standard analysis of one text.