Lesson 1.1: Writing a Reaction paper, a Review, and a Critique

Question 1

are specialized forms of writing in which a reviewer or reader evaluates

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reaction paper, review, critique

Question 2

examples of works that can be evaluated:

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• a scholarly work
• work of art (play, dance, performance art, sports, film, exhibits)
• designs (industrial, fashion, furniture)
• graphic designs (poster, billboard, commercial, digital media)

Question 3

range in length of reaction papers?

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200-750 words

Question 4

true or false

they are advanced form of writing that requires critical thinking skills and recognizing arguments

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true

Question 5

the belief that people only do things to help themselves, rather than for good or sincere reasons

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cynicism

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a feeling that bad things will happen and that something will not be successful

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pessimism

Question 7

true or false

Reviewers rely on opinions

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False

rather, they use both proof and logical reasoning to substantiate their comments.

Question 8

They process ideas and theories, revisit and extend ideas in a specific field of study, and present an analytical response to a scholarly, literary, or artistic art work.

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Reaction Papers, Reviews, and Critiques

Question 9

true or false

You can critique a material based on its technical aspects, its approach to gender, your reaction as the audience, or through its portrayal of class struggle and social structure.

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True

Question 10

10 CRITICAL APPROACHES in WRITING a CRITIQUE:

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1. Formalist
2. Feminist
3. Reader-Response
4. Marxist
5. Historical
6. Inter-textual
7. Deconstructionist
8. Mimetic
9. Archetypal
10. Psychological

Question 11

Claims that literary works contain intrinsic properties and treats each work as a distinct work of art. It posts that the key to understanding a text is through the text itself.

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formalist criticism or formalism

Question 12

true or false

Formalism is placed at the center because it deals primarily with the text and not with any of the outside considerations such as author, the real world, audience, or other literature

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True

Question 13

True or False

In Formalism, the historical context, the author, or any other external contexts are necessary in interpreting the meaning.

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False

it is not necessary

Question 14

CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING A CRITIQUE (look into the ff aspects)

Author’s techniques in resolving contradictions within the work

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Formalism

Question 15

CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING A CRITIQUE (look into the ff aspects)

Central passage that sums up the entirety of the work

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Formalism

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CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING A CRITIQUE (look into the ff aspects)

Contribution of parts and the work as a whole to its aesthetic quality

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Formalism

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CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING A CRITIQUE (look into the ff aspects)

Contribution of rhyme and rhythm to the meaning or effect of the work

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Formalism

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CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING A CRITIQUE (look into the ff aspects)

Relationship of the form and the content

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Formalism

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CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING A CRITIQUE (look into the ff aspects)

Use of imagery to develop the symbols used in the work

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Formalism

Question 20

CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING A CRITIQUE (look into the ff aspects)

Interconnectedness of various parts of the work

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Formalism

Question 21

CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING A CRITIQUE (look into the ff aspects)

Paradox, ambiguity, and irony in the work

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Formalism

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Unity in the work

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Formalism

Question 23

Focuses on how literature presents women as subjects of socio-political, psychological, and economic oppression

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Feminist Criticism or Feminism

Question 24

True or False

Feminism also reveals how aspects of our culture are
patriarchal (i.e. how our culture views men as superior and women as inferior).

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True

Question 25

CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING A CRITIQUE (look into the ff aspects)

How culture determines gender and how gender equality is presented in the text

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Feminism

Question 26

concerned with the reviewer’s reaction as an audience of a work

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Reader Response Criticism

Question 27

True or False

READER RESPONSE CRITICISM claims that the reader’s role
can be separated from the understanding of the work;

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False

a text does not have meaning until the reader reads and interprets it

Question 28

CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING A CRITIQUE (look into the ff aspects)

✓ Interaction between the reader and the text in creating meaning

✓ The impact of readers’ delivery of sounds and visuals on enhancing and changing meaning

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READER RESPONSE CRITICISM

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Concerned with differences between economic classes and
implications of a capitalist system, such as the continuing
conflicts between the working class and the elite.

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MARXIST CRITICISM

Question 30

It attempts to reveal that the ultimate source of people’s
experience is the socioeconomic system.

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MARXIST CRITICISM

Question 31

CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING A CRITIQUE (look into the ff aspects)

✓ Social class as represented in the work

✓ Social class of the writer/ creator

✓ Social class of the characters

✓ Conflicts and interactions between economic
classes

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MARXIST CRITICISM

Question 32

subject texts to careful, formal analysis; however, they reach
an opposite conclusion: there is no meaning in language.

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Deconstructionist Criticism

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They believe that a piece of writing does not have one meaning and the meaning itself is dependent on the reader.

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Deconstructionist Criticism

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Attempts to explain the behavioral underpinnings of the characters within the selection, analyzing the
actions and thoughts committed

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Psychological Criticism

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Relies heavily on the author and his world; it is important to understand the author and his world in order to understand his intent and to make sense of his work

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Historical Criticism

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Concerned with comparing the work in question to other literature, to get a broader picture

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Inter-textual Criticism

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• seeks to see how well a work accords with the real world
• How does a piece of literature accurately portrays the truth the main contention of this literary approach

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Mimetic Criticism

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assumes that there is a collection of symbols, images, characters, and motifs (i.e. archetypes) that
evokes basically the same response in all people which
seem to bind all people regardless of culture and race worldwide

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ARCHETYPAL CRITICISM (Mythological and Symbolic Criticisms)