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Literary criticism

Literary criticism – or critical literacy – is the exploration, study, discussion, and interpretation of literature.

The English learning area requires student to be able to "critically interrogate texts in order to understand the power of language to enrich and shape their own and others' lives". (p. 18)

Key Resources

  • Critical Literacy : From the Tasmanian Department of Education, a summary of the features of critical literacy, together with illustrative classroom approaches and a resource list.

Other resources

  • Alan Duff: a set of pages on the post-colonial web exploring 'Once Were Warriors'. Level 5-8
  • Janet Frame and The Tempest : This paper investigates the ways in which The Tempest informs Janet Frame's writing, concentrating on the autobiographical trilogy To the Is-Land, An Angel at my Table, and The Envoy from Mirror City, and on the semi-autobiographical novels, Owls Do Cry and Faces in the Water.
  • Leaf Salon : a NZ Book Forum dedicated to NZ literature, sharing news, reviews, opinions and festivals.
  • Online Literary Criticism : The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period. Level 5-8.

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