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After you have read and viewed the materials in this module that introduces literary theory (aka literary criticism, lens, or approaches), please consider the below question and share your responses with your classmates.
- When you read literature, do you enjoy thinking about elements of the story in terms of race, ethnicity, class, and gendered identities, or do you enjoy the flow of the language, character development, the use of irony, or the author’s writing style?
- Please explain your answer with a concrete example or even share a passage from a text with the class to illustrate your response.
As with all threaded discussions, please post your response to this discussion by Wednesday at 11:59 pm; then for full credit, you must thoughtfully comment on the responses of two other students before Sunday at 11:59 pm.
Please review the below Grading Rubric for all our Threaded Discussions.
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Criteria |
Meets Expectations |
Below Expectations or Incomplete |
Late or No Submission |
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The original post responds clearly to the prompt, articulates the thoughts and ideas of the author with clarity, uses correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation, and uses textual evidence from the reading to support the response. (100-word minimum.) |
5.0 pts |
3.0 pts |
0 pts. |
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The original post stimulates further discussion by posing questions or pointing out underlying assumptions. |
5.0 pts |
3.0 pts |
0 pts. |
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Comments (replies) to peer discussions provide thoughtful and engaging feedback, offering further insights and/or polite, constructive criticism of a classmate’s observations. (100-words for each response.) |
5.0 pts |
3.0 |
Reading literature makes me enjoy the flow and the structure first before I get to understand the context in terms of race, ethnicity, class, and gender identities. In this way, I get to enjoy the story first before I analyze