Eapp Quiz 2 Reviewer
Eapp Quiz 2 Reviewer
SUMMARIZING DEFINED…
➢ An act of reducing a text to one-third or one-quarter its original size, clearly articulating the
author’s meaning, and retaining its main ideas.
➢ It is a short restatement of the main idea of the text. The output is called a Summary.
➢ It involves re-stating a work’s thesis and main ideas “simply, briefly, and accurately”.
1. OUTLINE defined…
➢ An outline is a snapshot of one’s paper as it captures the important points.
➢ An outline is a general plan of the material that is to be presented in a speech or a paper.
➢ It is a list of the main points (indicated by Roman numerals) and supporting ideas (indicated by
capital and small letters) that the writer intends to discuss in writing. It uses keywords or key
phrases instead of complete sentences.
▪ The headings represent the main ideas and are indicated by Roman numerals.
▪ The subheadings represent the supporting ideas; they are indicated by capital letters and are
indented. Sub-subheadings are the specific details or concrete examples of the supporting ideas.
“WHAT”- WHAT HAPPENED ON THE NARRATIVE? WHAT IS THE NARRATIVE ALL ABOUT?
“WHO”- WHO ARE THE CHARACTERS ON THE NARRATIVE?
“WHY”- WHAT CAUSED THE EVENTS ON THE NARRATIVE?
“WHEN”- WHAT’S THE TIME AND YEAR OF THE NARRATIVE?
“WHERE”- WHAT’S THE PLACE OF THE NARRATIVE?
“HOW”- HOW DID THE NARRATIVE PLAY OUT?
LITERARY CRITICISM defined…
➢ It carefully examines a text, or one element of a text, such as character, setting, plot or
theme of a story.
➢ It is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is
often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and
methods.
➢ It utilizes Literary approach in order to get a specific angle of meaning from the text.
2. Feminism
➢ It is concerned with "the ways in which literature (and other cultural productions) reinforce or
undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women".
➢ A feminist criticism is usually a careful analysis of the feminist issues, represented in the book,
which are basically concerned with the images of the female characters and their role in the
narrative.
It makes usage of the following guide questions:
❖ Who is/are the woman/women in the narrative?
❖ What is the status of the female entity in the narrative?
❖ What are the strengths of the female entity in the narrative?
❖ What are the weaknesses of the female entity in the narrative?
❖ What is the importance/relevance of the female entity in the narrative?
3. Marxism
➢ This viewpoint considers particular aspects of the political content of the text; the author; the
historical and socio-cultural context of the work.
➢ Came from Karl Marx.
Focus on the following aspects of the literary work:
➢ Determine the Bourgeois (higher class) and the Proletariat (lower class) in the society
of the text.
➢ How do the characters struggle in their society? What is the dynamic of the Bourgeois (higher
class) and the Proletariat (lower class) in the society?
➢ What is the connection between the society of the text (the world inside the text) and
the reality (the world outside the text)?
4. Reader-Response Criticism
➢ The reader-response criticism is rooted in the belief that a reader's reaction to or interpretation
of a text is as valuable a source of critical study as the text itself.
➢ Any interpretation is acceptable as long as the critic has supporting evidence in order to defend
their claim/s.