Things Evolve
Hints of events to come later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?
This criticism dissects the narrative around people who are not able-bodied or neurotypical. It looks at how they are depicted and represented in art/literature.
What is Disability Criticism?
This criticism allows us to dissect the thoughts of the writer. Most commonly known as Freudian thinking.
What is Psychoanalytic Theory?
In order to embody an ambience.
What is tone/mood?
Is a thing a thing or something else?
What is a symbol or symbolism?
Usurping heteronormative ideals, where alternative lifestyles are the norm.
What is queer theory?
Examines the way women and femininity are portrayed.
What is Feminist Criticism?
This refers to all of the traditional writers, whose works are taught as the gold standard.
What is the canon?
The whiplash effect in "A Rose for Emily"
What are temporal shifts?
Monae's Emotion Picture Dirty Computer may have been hard to interpret due to her being a part of different categories of marginalized groups, and representing them equally. This overarching theme is seen as...
What is intersectionality?
It is the responsibility of the author to teach the audience a moral in the art they create.
What is Moral Criticism?
In order to understand a text, the individual must decide how it relates to them.
What is reader-response theory?
This criticism states that for every piece of literature with a defined purpose, there are elements within it that directly undermine it.
What is Post Modern/Deconstruction?
They can be round or flat.
What are characters?
Hit the board to see who can write down the most criticisms. After which, they must give a short description of each. Set a wager beforehand, of how much money you want to put on the line. You have 30 seconds each.
Bonus
Literature can only be understood by understanding the structures surrounding it and outside of it through linguistics, anthropology and sociology. Interpreting symbols and meanings from other aspects of culture in order to understand it.
What is structuralism?
The ways in which literature is a direct reflection of how a group interacts after imperalism.
What is postcolonial studies?
This criticism disregards outside influences, so that the piece is understood in isolation.
What is formalism?
Where everything takes place.
What is setting?
The surrounding physical environment having deeper meaning within the context of the art/literature.
What is ecocriticism?
Things have a meaning and purpose according to when and where they take place, and the era they were produced in.
What is New Historicism?
As class systems are developed, it's easier for the reader to understand the experiences of the characters.
What is Marxist Criticism?
A response to racial inequality in art. It shows representation of diverse groups, and center around multicultural experiences under systemic racism.
What is critical race theory?
Does this story have a purpose?
What is the plot?
A paradox that exists in art and literature where the complete opposite is completely the truth.
What is irony?