1. In your own words, explain what a literary analysis is and describe some of its features.
2. Where does the meaning of a work of literature come from?
3. Why do schools emphasize the study of literature?
4. Name a few strategies for the critical reading of a literary work.
What does it mean to interpret?
Interpretation Activity: Guernika
Starter #1: Record your first impressions of the painting. What adjectives can you use to describe it? What mood does it put you in?
In pairs/3s: T-chart
Painting Detail (“evidence”)
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Implications/Interpretations
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Together: Let's Interpret! What could this painting mean? Would it help to have the historical context?
AS INDIVIDUALS: Write a paragraph that includes the following:
a. T: an interpretive claim (what does the painting mean?)
b. E: use of evidence
(details of the painting) to support the claim
c.
A: analysis
(commentary or explanation of how the details contribute to the meaning…what
led you to your conclusions)
Debrief:
How did we arrive at our interpretations? How can we apply these skills to literary texts? Is it harder or easier with texts?
"When you write about literature, you participate actively in the construction of knowledge about that text."
WORK TIME:
1. Interpretive paragraph due by the end of the hour.
2. Reflection due by the end of the hour! Send me a link to your updated DP.
3. Read the last page of the "Analyzing Literature" reading. Answer the "Critical Inquiry" questions in the form of a TEA paragraph. (due tomorrow)
You are responsible for knowing all of the literary terms from the handout. (Pop Quiz? hmmmm....)
4. Read Montana 1948.