yes it is

1. HISTORICAL, FEMINIST,
READERS-RESPONSE
AND MARXIST
APPROACH

2. HISTORICAL, FEMINIST,
READERS-RESPONSE
AND MARXIST
APPROACH

3. CRITICAL APPROACHES
Sometimes called “lenses”, are
the different perspectives we can
consider in analyzing or
interpreting a text.

5. HISTORICAL APPROACH
Involves the understanding of the
historical and cultural conditions
that influence the production of
the literary work.

6. THINGS TO CONSIDER IN
WRITING HISTORICAL
APPROACH

7. The “WHEN” of
the literary work.
The events that are happening
at the time of writing

8. Ideas circulating at
the time of writing.
Author’s biography or
social background

9. What the work
meant to the people
who first read it

12. FEMINIST APPROACH
Focuses on FEMALE representation
in literature, paying attention to
females point of view, concerns and
values

14. READERS-RESPONSE APPROACH
Argues that the meaning is
dependent upon the readers
response to it.

15. Hence, two different may
derive completely different
interpretations of the same
literary text.
READERS-RESPONSE APPROACH

19. MARXIST APPROACH
Examines the relationship of a
literary product to the actual
economic and social reality of
its time and place.

20. MARXIST APPROACH
It includes:
Class Stratification
Class Relations
Dominant Ideology

21. MARXIST APPROACH
It tries to understand how POWER,
POLITICS, and MONEY play role in a
literary texts and how these elements
impact the society and characters in
the text.