Reader Response, Gender Criticism, Marxist Criticism, Psychoanalytic Criticism

A critical lens is...

• a way to approach, view, and read literature or other art

• something newspapers use when they review a new play

• a super, new, high-end phone camera

• a type of writing

When using a reader response lens, the reader...

• connects the literature to his or her life

• tries to understand the author's or a character's psyche or mind

• examines how genders are portrayed and if stereotypes are upheld or challenged

• examines the power structure between the rich and the working class

When using a gender criticism lens, the reader...

• connects the literature to his or her life

• tries to understand the author's or a character's psyche or mind

• examines how genders are portrayed and if stereotypes are upheld or challenged

• examines the power structure between the rich and the working class

When using a Marxist criticism lens, the reader...

• connects the literature to his or her life

• tries to understand the author's or a character's psyche or mind

• examines how genders are portrayed and if stereotypes are upheld or challenged

• examines the power structure between the rich and the working class

When using a psychoanalytic criticism lens, the reader...

• connects the literature to his or her life

• tries to understand the author's or a character's psyche or mind

• examines how genders are portrayed and if stereotypes are upheld or challenged

• examines the power structure between the rich and the working class

Name the lens: Fiona in the movie Shrek challenges the stereotype of a weak princess waiting to be saved by a prince.

• Reader Response

• Gender Criticism

• Marxist Criticism

• Psychoanalytic Criticism

Name the lens: The novel Animal Farm shows how the workers suffer and the wealthy farmer benefits from their pain.

• Reader Response

• Gender Criticism

• Marxist Criticism

• Psychoanalytic Criticism

Name the lens: With so many of Robert Frost's poems being dark and suicidal, it is hard not to wonder if Frost himself suffered from depression.

• Reader Response

• Gender Criticism

• Marxist Criticism

• Psychoanalytic Criticism

Name the lens: While some might think of Gatsby as a romantic, his behavior suggests that he is obsessed and delusional regarding Daisy.

• Reader Response

• Gender Criticism

• Marxist Criticism

• Psychoanalytic Criticism

Name the lens: Reading The Hobbit makes me want to leave my everyday life and go on an adventure.

• Reader Response

• Gender Criticism

• Marxist Criticism

• Psychoanalytic Criticism