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This document discusses the formalist approach to literary criticism. It explains that a formalist critique examines how different elements of a text, such as characters, setting, tone, point of view, theme, and imagery work together to give the text its overall meaning. It provides examples of different literary elements and defines the three points of view that an author can use: first person, second person, and third person point of view. The document aims to teach readers how to analyze texts using the formalist method and identify different literary elements and points of view.

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Formalist

This document discusses the formalist approach to literary criticism. It explains that a formalist critique examines how different elements of a text, such as characters, setting, tone, point of view, theme, and imagery work together to give the text its overall meaning. It provides examples of different literary elements and defines the three points of view that an author can use: first person, second person, and third person point of view. The document aims to teach readers how to analyze texts using the formalist method and identify different literary elements and points of view.

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AFTERNOON
I RACE
YOU
LITERARY
CRITICISM
FORMALIST
CRITIQUE
APPROACH
CHARACTER
THEME
SETTING
PLOT
Critiquing a Literay
Selection Based on
Formalist Approach
OBJECTIVES:

1. Explain the principles of formalist


criticism;
2. Critique a selection using the formalist
approach; and
3. Show appreciation of the value of
critiquing a literary piece.
Structure/Form - Scrutinizes the plot
(chronoligical sequence) and the conflict a
story.
- it analyzes the work as a whole, the form
of each individual part of the text from the
individual scenes and chapters, the
characters the settings, the theme, and
devices such as imagery.
FORMALIST APPROACH
A formalist critic examines the form of the work as a
whole, the form of each individual part of the text (the
individual scenes and chapters), the characters, the
settings, the tone, the point of view, the diction, and
all other elements of the text which join to make it a
single text. After analyzing each part, the critic then
describes how they work together to make give
meaning (theme) to the text.
LITERARY ELEMENTS
* Characters
* Setting
* Tone
* Point of View
* Theme
* Imagery
* Plot
POINT OF VIEW
Point of view is the writer's way of deciding
who is telling the story to whom. Establishing
a clear point of view is important because it
dictates how your reader interprets
characters, events, and other important
details. There are three kinds of point of view:
first person, second person, and third person.
FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW
- It uses either of the two pronouns “I”
and “ We”. The narrator is a participant in
the story relating his or her own
experiences directly or an observer.
SECOND PERSON POINT
OF VIEW
- The reader is part of the story.
The narrator describes the
reader’s actions thoughts, and
background using “You”
THIRD PERSON OF POINT OF VIEW
The narrator exists outside the events
of the story, and relates the actions of
the characters by referring to their
names or by the third-person
pronouns he, she, or they.
DIRECTIONS: Identify the correct terminologies of the
following definition.

__________1. The tone and place where the story


happen.
__________2. It is the authors message to the reader’s.
__________3. Scrutinizes the plot and the conflict of a
story.
__________4. It is a person, animal, being, creature or
anything personified in a story.
__________5. It consists of descriptive jangauge to their
stories.
DIRECTIONS: Identify the following statement from the story “A
Day in The Country”. Write FP for first person, SP for second
person and TP for Third person point of view.

1. he says , lisping tenderly.


2. He wanted to get a cuckoo’s egg out of the hole for
me.
3. “We shall get soaked, Fyolka”, mutters terenty.
4. “You needn’t be in such a taking, you won’t die of it”
5. They hear whistle and a rumble, but not such a
rumble as the strom-clouds carried away.
Directions: Write an essay
answering the question:
“Why is it important to
critique a literary piece?”
DIRECTION: Give 2 example for each type of Point of View.

First Person Point of View


1.
2

Second Person Point of View


1.
2.

Third Person Point of View


1.
2.
ASSIGNMENT
DIRECTIONS: Read the selection “The Origin of Rice and
Streams”. Then, identify the literary elements. Write this in a clean
sheet of paper.

literary elements
* Character
* Setting
* Tone
* Point of View
* Theme
* Plot

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