Identify the approach used if it is A. Structuralist b. Formalist c. Moralist d. Marxist
e. Feminist f. Historical g. Reader-response
___________1. Devoted their attention to matters of literary form (i.e. structure) rather than social or historical
content.
___________2. They were intended to put the study of literature on a scientific, objective basis.
___________3. It can be viewed as an extension of “Formalism”
___________4. An interpretive approach that emphasizes literary form and the study of literary devices within
the text.
___________5. The critic may analyze the number of lines, sentences, words, rhyme scheme, meter, stanzas
and sound devices.
___________6. This approach focuses on individuals, couples, families, and professionals on a moralistic
definition of relationship, life, and family processes that presumes a moral ascendancy of one
value system over others.
___________7. Judges the value of the literature based on its moral lessons or ethical teachings.
___________8. Stresses the close reading of the text with sensitivity to the words and their various meanings.
___________9. It also provides the framework upon which we think and discuss in a reasoned way, and so
evaluate, specific moral issues.
___________10. Evaluates the ethical content of literary works.
___________11. It focuses in the analyses of money, power, and social institutions such as governments,
families, and religions both inside and outside of the text.
___________12. This criticism is based on the political and economic theories of Karl Marx
___________13. It brings awareness about the sexual politics and to analyze the writings of women writers
from the feminist perspective
___________14. It include both the development and discovery female tradition of writing, and rediscovering of
old texts, while also interpreting symbolism of women's writing so that it will not be lost
or ignored by the male point of view and resisting sexism inherent in the majority of
mainstream literature.
___________15. An understanding of the world the author lived in (events, ideologies, culture, lifestyle etc.)
allows for a more comprehensive understanding of the work.

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