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Literary Lens
Literary Lens
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A literary lens helps us...
Make an interpretation without defending it with evidence
Read stories in other languages
Memorize a poem
Step outside our own perspective
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The Biographical lens asserts:
Knowing an author’s biography enables greater comprehension
Both red and yellow
Reading a writer's biography can influence our analysis
Our analysis is not influenced by knowing the author’s life
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The Psychological lens focuses on the unconscious.
False
True
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Which lens asks the reader to consider the author's life and experiences?
Historical/Biographical Lens
Gender Lens
Reader Response Lens
Psychological/Psychoanalytic Lens
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Taking the Gender lens in literature, you look...
Neither
The role of just women
The role of both men and women
The role of just men
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What is Reader Response lens based on?
How well the reader can read.
The readers' thoughts, views and attitudes towards the text.
The authors' thoughts, views and attitudes towards the reader.
When the author explains what they mean in the text.
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What is the main purpose of using the Biographical lens?
Connections to cake
Connections to biology
Making connections to another text
Making a connection between the author and his/her work
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What is the Gender lens?
Looking at the role of the economy in society
Looking at literary devices and the details of a text
Looking at gender roles and representation
Applying your beliefs and experiences to the text
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A Gender lens would NOT consider:
How the author’s life relates to the representation of men and women
The time period in which the literature was written
What the work reveals about the role, position and influence of women
The power relationship between a pet and its owner
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The Psychological may lead the reader to...
A focus of the historical aspects of a novel
An analysis of an author’s unintended message and psychological state
An analysis of an author’s use of diction, syntax and style.
An analysis of unintended message on feminism
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What is a literary lens?
A poem that reflects the author's life experiences
A perspective on a text
A tool used for improving one's eyesight while reading
Literature that contains a lot of symbols
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The Psychological lens bases its ideas on those of..
Sigmund Freud
Karl Marx
Michele Foucault
Charles Darwin
