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BY: JILL (K10)
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LITERARY INTERPRETATION
Critical review on literary theory can assist youpersonally -by supporting points you may make in yourown literary interpretation- from your own perspectives- Enhancing the quality of your reading of a text.
CHALLENGE THE IDEAS OF LITERATURE
For example, some feminist critics review and challengewhat they believe to be sexist attitudes-in widelyaccepted literature written by men or from maleperspective.
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INCREASE YOUR OWN TOLERANCE
When reading another critic's textual interpretation that
conflicts with your own values,-you experience thereading through someone else's perspective and hence -have the opportunity to increase your own tolerance fordiffering ideas.
CAREER ENHANCEMENT
People get involved in the literature field poet, critics
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CONSIDERATIONS
An understanding of historical literary may also provide
insight on past cultures-Readers often assume thatwhat's true today was true in the past-but certain formsof literary criticism place writings in their propercontext.
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BY: DEANNE DHARSHINNEE A/P DORETT
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MARXIST CRITICISM Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
having a classless society based on mutual ownership
of the means of production, distribution and exchange Marxism looks for concrete, scientific, logical
explanations of the world of observable fact
struggle of different social classes because of the
economic, social and political advantage
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those who owns the means of production, thebourgeoisie and those being a propertyless proletariatselling their labour to survive fundamental classdivision of capitalism
capitalism worker is a free agent and the sale oflabour is a free and fair contract
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surplus value is lesser than the worker receives for it
surplus value is realised in monetary form through the
selling of goods economics is the base while the superstructure
comprises of social, political and ideological realities
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BY: HEMALATHA A/P DEVARAJOO
NOR FARHANA BINTI MOHD FADZEE
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POWERFUL AND POWERLESS
CHARACTERS Old Phoenix (Powerless character) Oppressed because she is a black She was not respected although she was old
Attendant (Powerful character) Feels superior because she is a white She scolds Old Phoenix as she did not answer her
questions properly
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ALIENATION The whites live in town where they are well equipped
with facilities such as clinics and playground.
The blacks had to live in rural areas where they haveno facilities at all.
Eg: Old Phoenix had to travel all the way from her house
to the town to buy medicine for her grandson.
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LEVEL OF LUXURY Old Phoenix (Poor)- She stole a nickel from the white
hunter. Later, in town, the nurse asks if she could givePhoenix a few pennies. Phoenix says, "Five pennies is a
nickel." This is as close to begging as Phoenix mostlikely has ever come, but she needs another nickel toadd to the one she has stolen so that she can buy a toyfor her grandson.
The Natchez pedestrian (Rich)- She had many giftboxes with her. She is rich enough to buy manypresents whereas Phoenix was begging for a nickel tobuy a paper windmill for her grandson.
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CHANGES IN LIFE Old Phoenix(the blacks) are not allowed to experience
the changes that the bourgeoisie have gone through
Eg: She still lives in rural area whereas the whites live inurban area.