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The document is a learning activity sheet for students in the Philippines focusing on critical approaches to writing critiques. It outlines various literary approaches such as formalism, feminism, reader response, and others, providing definitions and examples for each. The sheet includes activities for practice and evaluation to help students apply these approaches in their writing.

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Module 6

The document is a learning activity sheet for students in the Philippines focusing on critical approaches to writing critiques. It outlines various literary approaches such as formalism, feminism, reader response, and others, providing definitions and examples for each. The sheet includes activities for practice and evaluation to help students apply these approaches in their writing.

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Republic of the Philippines

12
Department of Education
Region v
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SORSOGON
BARCELONA CLUSTER
Barcelona, Sorsogon

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 6

Name of the Student: ____________________________________________________


Date: ___________________________________
I. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT

Critical Approaches in Writing a Critique

Since writing a critique requires a thorough, careful presentation, and weighing


of arguments, it is necessary to use a lens or a systematic and critical analysis to
serve your purpose in writing. One approach may be enough, however, it is not
merely exclusive with other approaches. You may use one or a mixture of
approaches depending on the length and depth of your critique. However, it is
still easier for a beginner to simply focus with one approach.

II. LEARNING SKILLS FROM MELCs


At the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Use appropriate critical approaches in writing a critique such as formalism, feminism, etc.

III. ACTIVITIES

A. Let Us Study

1. FORMALISM OR NEW CRITICSM

This approach claims that all that are important in analyzing and understanding
the text can be found in the piece of writing or text itself. Outside information
regarding the author, society of the time, politics or any other external context
are no longer needed. The text is independent. It has a fixed meaning. It is
timeless and universal. On the aforesaid principles, formalism requires a close
and intent reading of the text concentrating on the relationships within the text
that showcases its distinct characteristics or form.

2. FEMINISM

This approach emphasizes the importance or relevance of women as subjects


and how gender been perceived in the piece. The images of women and the
underlying concepts of femininity including economic, societal, psychological
and archetypal nature of women are examined. This approach likewise stresses
equality for a male dominated society.

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3. READER RESPONSE

This approach stresses the attachment or strong connectionism of an individual


reader’s mind to the piece at hand. The reader herself can put meaning and
interpret every part of the text. The text is nothing unless it has been read and
interpreted by the reader. The reader’s reaction and interaction made out of
the piece recreates and develops a further depth of meaning. The manner a
poem or a short story is read or delivered strengthens and invokes visuals and
imagination to a much sought individual appreciation. In such a case, a reader
who happened to read the same text may find the experience different from the
first against the second time.

4. MARXIST CRITICISM

This approach tries to unfold how socioeconomic status affects hierarchy or


conflicts involving social classes in the masterpiece. This approach likewise
attempts to answer the following questions:
1. What are the differences between economic classes?
2. What conflict has arisen between the working class and the elite?
3. What implication may the socioeconomic system bring?
4. What social class has been emphasized and how was this portrayed in the
piece?

6. Biographical Approach
Focuses on connection of work to author’s personal experiences. Understanding
authors’ life can help in comprehending the work.

7. Historical Approach
This approach focuses on connection of work to the historical period in which it
was written

8. Psychological Approach
This approach focuses on the psychology of characters.

9. Sociological Approach
This approach focuses on man’s relationship to others in society, politics,
religion, and business.

10. Archetypal Approach


This approach focuses on connections to other literature, mythological/biblical
allusions, archetypal images, symbols, characters, and themes.

11. Philosophical Approach


This approach focuses on themes, view of the world, moral statements, author’s
philosophy, etc

B. Let Us Practice

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Using the hinted questions below, write the critical approach used to a certain
content or piece of writing. Take your answer/s from your concept box
provided below. The first one is done for you.

formalism 1. What is the theme of the poem?


_____________ 2. What are women’s roles that are apparent or observable in
the piece?
_____________ 3. How does time transitions before affects the perceived
culture of today?
_____________ 4. To what extent the main character’s actuations are molded
by author’s experiences herself?
_____________ 5. What do you feel the moment you have read lines 1, 2, and
3?

C. Let Us Remember

Multiple Intelligences: “My Thought, My Feel”


Research and choose at least one of the masterpieces of Edgar Allan Poe,
Emily Dickenson or Angela Manalang Gloria. Decide the approach that you will
use. Write a short critique on a piece of bond paper and draw a background
scene which will depict your personal feel to the poem.

D. Evaluation
Read the excerpt below and write on your notebook the critical
approach used.

1. What critical approach is employed on the excerpt cited below?


a. Feminism c. Marxist b. Biographical d. Readers Response

Your love is like the sun,


That lights up my whole world
I feel the warmth inside;
Your love is like the river,
That flows down through my veins
I feel the chill inside;
Excerpt of a Critique:

It has a sestet stanza or six lines in a stanza, it’s lyrical because it shows
strong feelings and thoughts. It shows no rhyme (a, b, c, d, e, c). It is a
hexameter consisting of six number of feet and it shows repetition of phrases.
The repetition is intently used to evoke a strong feeling.

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2. a. Psychological approach c. Historical/Marxist
b. Formalism d. Feminist
Sample excerpt critique:
The poem explores the concept of justice and how it is applied in the
Philippine Society today compared to our times in the past. Although it is about
the Supreme Court in particular, it also reflects other problems in the Philippine
Government. For example the use of money and power by government
officials to cover up their mistakes in public. Evident in the content, we can
say at present that checks and balances in the Philippine Government to some
extent are still alive and well, however, there are loopholes at some
circumstances apparent or observable today.

3. a. Biographical c. Historical
b. Formalism d. Feminist
Sample Excerpt:
The piece begins from a thought how happy life is. The experiences of
the main character the moment he was born depicts a remarkable good life.
Contentment as it may seem are repeated expressed in the piece. However, a
twist seems to unfold the mask behind happy faces, happy moments and
happy life. It is an exactly opposite of reality as hinted by some contradicting
thoughts by the speaker. This I think is very much possible because the main
character it seems is the author himself.

V. ANSWER KEY
Let Us Practice
1. Formalism 2. Feminism
3. Historical 4. Biographical 5. Reader’s Response

Let Us Remember
Answers may vary

Evaluation
1. Formalism 2. Historical 3. Biographical

VI. REFERENCE:
Region V English for Academic and Professional Purposes– SHS Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Differentiate language used in academic texts from various discipline
Sawyer, E. (2016). College essay essentials. A step-by-step guide to writing a successful
college admissions essay. Sourcebooks: Naperville, Illinois.
Shiach, D. (2007). How to write essays: A step-by-step guide for all levels, with sample essays.
Oxford, UK: How to Content.
Sample Paragraphs:
Benzidane, H. (2008 Dec. 28). Transnational families. ABS-CBN News: Global Filipino. Retrieved
July 28, 2020 from <https://news.abs-cbn.com/pinoymigration/12/28/08/transnational-families>
Bryceson, D.B. (2019). Transnational families negotiating migration and care life cycles across
nation-state borders. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 45:16, 3042-3064, DOI:
10.1080/1369183X.2018.1547017.

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