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CLOSE ANALYSIS

AND CRITICAL
INTERPRETATION
OF LITERARY TEXTS
AND APPLYING
READING
LEARNI
NG 1 define close analysis and critical
interpretation in literature

OBJECT
IVES 2 differentiate denotative meaning
from connotative meaning

3 write a critical analysis


based on the given literary
piece.
DENOTATIVE VS.
CONNOTATIVE
To analyze and interpret a literary
text, one of the reading skills that you
must have is the ability to understand
the denotative and connotative
meaning of a word.
DENOTATIVE
Denotation refers to the literal
or dictionary meaning of a word.
CONNOTATIVE
Connotation refers to its
figurative or symbolic meaning.
EXAMPLE: RAIN

Denotative Connotative
meaning meaning

Falling drops of
Implies that the
of condensed
author is sad
water from the
atmosphere
EXAMPLE: RIVER

Denotative meaning Connotative


meaning
EXAMPLE: RIVER

Denotative meaning Connotative


meaning
A large natural
stream of water Unending flow of
flowing in a time
channel to the
sea, a lake, or
another such
CLOSE
ANALY
CLOSE ANALYSIS
- Is synonymous to close reading.

• Close reading - a deep analysis of how a


literary text works; it is both a reading
process and something you include in a
literary analysis paper, though in a refined
form.
It is a method of analyzing literary works
which gives focus on the particular details of
a passage or text in order to have a precise
and deep understanding of the text; its form,
meaning and even the author’s style of
writing.
It looks at details within the text in order to identify larger,
overarching themes.

Some things to look for are:

• word choice (diction)


• structure
• imagery
• syntax
• literary devices
• context
• tone
• strange or surprising statements
• rhythm (mostly in poetry)
CRITICAL
INTERPRE
TATION
CRITICAL
INTERPRETATION
- a critical explanation of the meaning
of a literary work

- in poetry, interpretation may also be


called “explication”
CRITICAL
INTERPRETATION
- a form of subjective writing in which a
reader expresses his/her evaluation of a
text or passage
Critical interpretation may include the
reader’s:

• VIEW
• UNDERSTANDING
• EXPLANATION
The most familiar example of interpretation
is literary criticism.
EQUALITY by Maya
Angelou
You declare you see me dimly
through a glass which will not shine,
though I stand before you boldly,
trim in rank and marking time.

You do own to hear me faintly


as a whisper out of range,
while my drums beat out the message
and the rhythms never change.
Equality, and I will be free. Equality, and
I will be free.

You announce my ways are wanton,


that I fly from man to man,
but if I'm just a shadow to you,
could you ever understand ?

We have lived a painful history,


we know the shameful past,
but I keep on marching forward,
and you keep on coming last.
Equality, and I will be free.
Equality, and I will be free.

Take the blinders from your vision,


take the padding from your ears,
and confess you've heard me crying,
and admit you've seen my tears
Hear the tempo so compelling,
hear the blood throb in my veins.
Yes, my drums are beating nightly, and the
rhythms never change.

Equality, and I will be free. Equality, and I


will be free.

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