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Deconstruction - suggest that language is not stable entity, and that we  GREAT BOOKS can never exactly say what we mean. Reading Techniques - These...

Deconstruction - suggest that language is not stable entity, and that we  GREAT BOOKS can never exactly say what we mean. Reading Techniques - These are the styles, systems, and practices in  Literature CANNOT give a reader any one single meaning, because decoding symbols for better comprehension in communication, sharing of the language itself is too ambiguous. information and ideas. Feminist criticism - this tries to correct predominantly male-dominated Cognitive Process - process of thinking and remembering. critical perspective within a feminist consciousness.  broad range of disciplines, such as history, psychology, sociology Decoding - to recognize and interpret information. and linguistics. Deriving - to take, to receive or obtain something from a specified source.  create a perspectives that consider feminist issues. Language Acquisition - the process by which humans acquire the capacity Marxist Criticism - is a strongly politically-oriented criticism, deriving from to perceive and comprehend language. the theories of the social philosopher Karl Marx.   Marxist critics insist that all use of language is influences by social class and economics. Skimming - method of rapidly moving the eyes over to get the main ideas New Criticism - this evolved out of the same root theoretical system as and general overview. deconstructionism, called " formalist criticism "  PRE - READING  works with the elements of the text only. irony, paradox, metaphor, symbol, plot, etc. by engaging in close textual analysis.  REVIEWING New Historicism - focuses on the literary text as part of a lager social and  READING historical context, and the modern reader's interaction. Scanning - finding specific information such as name, date or fact without Psychological Criticism - the basis of this approach is the idea of the reading the entire article. existence of a human consciousness. Phrase reading - Grouping of words that go together to mean something ;  those impulses, desires, and feelings about which a person is also known as " CHUNKING " unaware but influence emotions or behavior. Non - Prose reading Queer Theory or Gender Studies - questions that problematize the issues of gender identity and sexual orientation in literary texts.  Graphs  overlaps in many respects with feminist theory.  Diagrams  its aims and goals, being at once and practical.  Charts Reader - Response - Criticism - removes the focus from the text and places it on the reader instead.  Maps  describe what goes on in the reader's mind during the reading of the text. Deep reading - active process of thoughtful and deliberate reading to enhances one's comprehension and enjoyment of text. Also called " SLOW READING " “ with great power comes great  READING TECHNIQUES responsibility “ Pre-reading/ Review UNCLE BEN OF PETER PARKER  CRITICAL APPROACHES TO READING  Scam unfamiliar words from the story they will read then list them LITERATURE on their notes.  Find the meaning of the words from their dictionary.  Cognitive process and meaning Critical Approaches - are different perspectives we consider looking at a Reading piece of literature. They seek to give us answer to these questions in addition to aiding us in interpreting literature :  Group of the words that go together to comprehend what is carried out in the text. Enjoy the story.  Obtaining ideas from the story and acquiring the capacity to 1. What do we read? perceive and comprehend language. 2. Why do we read? Clarifying 3. How do we read?  Stop reading when the text no longer makes sense.  Repair the unclear concepts, structures, or passages through re- reading and the use of context clues.    The Tale of King Shahryar and of his Brother, King Shahzaman  him. This emphasizes the brothers' belief that women are Important Characters: deceitful. 1. King Shahryar - The older brother, betrayed by his wife. 3. The Turning Point: 2. King Shahzaman - The younger brother, also betrayed by  After seeing the Jinni's situation, King Shahryar and his wife. Shahzaman feel a twisted sense of relief, thinking that if a powerful being like the Jinni could be deceived, then their 3. The Wazir - The king's advisor, father of Shahrazad. misfortune wasn’t unique. 4. Shahrazad - The wise and brave daughter of the Wazir, who volunteers to marry King Shahryar.  This event solidifies Shahryar's decision to prevent future betrayals by marrying a new woman every night and killing 5. Jinni - A giant who imprisons a beautiful woman but is her in the morning. unaware of her secret affairs. 4. Shahrazad’s Courage and Plan:  Key Events:  Shahrazad's Decision: Shahrazad, the wise daughter of the  King Shahzaman discovers his wife’s infidelity and kills her. Wazir, volunteers to marry King Shahryar to stop the killings. Despite the danger, she believes she can change ( Infidelity means cheating on someone you're in a the king’s heart by telling him stories every night. relationship with. )  Dunyazad’s Role: Shahrazad’s younger sister, Dunyazad, is  King Shahryar discovers his wife’s betrayal after part of the plan. She will ask Shahrazad to tell a story on Shahzaman tells him. their wedding night, which will captivate the king and delay Shahrazad’s execution.  The brothers travel and meet a Jinni who shows them that women cannot be trusted and learn that betrayal is 5. Themes: common, even for powerful beings.  Betrayal: The story revolves around the theme of betrayal  King Shahryar starts killing his new wives every day to and how the two kings react to their wives' infidelities. avoid betrayal.  Distrust in Women: After witnessing multiple acts of  Shahrazad offers to marry the king, planning to use her unfaithfulness, both brothers become deeply distrustful of storytelling to stop his killings. women.   Shahrazad’s Wisdom: Despite the king's cruelty, 1. The Brothers' Betrayals: Shahrazad represents hope, intelligence, and the power of storytelling to heal and change a person.  King Shahzaman’s Wife: Shahzaman discovers his wife’s infidelity before leaving to visit his brother. He kills her and 6. The Beginning of the "Thousand and One Nights": the slave she was with, which causes him deep sorrow.  Shahrazad's storytelling marks the start of the larger "One  King Shahryar’s Wife: After Shahzaman tells him about his Thousand and One Nights" collection. Each night, she tells own troubles, Shahryar discovers that his wife, too, is a story, leaving it unfinished so that King Shahryar spares unfaithful with a slave. Both brothers are devastated by her life for one more day to hear the rest. Through these their wives' betrayal, leading them to lose trust in women. tales, she plans to cure the king’s heart and end the cycle of violence. 2. The Jinni and the Woman:  The Jinni’s Captive: While traveling, the brothers hide in a tree and see a Jinni who emerges from the sea with a beautiful woman locked in a box. The Jinni believes she is his prisoner and that no one can touch her. However, the woman reveals that she has been with many men while the Jinni was unaware.  Seal Rings: The woman shows the brothers a necklace with 570 rings from all the men she has been with, proving that even with all the Jinni’s power, she could still deceive