There's no 'recipe' or simple answer. It would be helpful if you could say a little about the kinds of texts you have in mind. Are you mainly concerned with literary or historical texts, for example, or with other kinds of texts? I'd suggest plenty of critical reading. In that way you can discover how others have read critically. In general terms I'd suggest this: 1. Know the background; know your facts. 2. Be alert. For example, always check (with secondary works) when they were written, so that you are aware of the intellectual fashions and preoccupations of the time. 3. Use your common sense and reasoning abilities. _____________ Actually, there are formal critical theories in literature, and ways of looking at a text. Reader Response, Modernist, Post-Modernist...there are very many. The whole topic is fascinating, and was one of my favorite parts of my time as an English Major... looking at texts in all of those different ways was really an exercise on training yourself to see other perspectives. I loved it. :) I'll include links to some more information on the subject in the Related Links area.
It is critical, except when
It is critical, except when
the kinds of reading areScanning, Skimming, Recreatory Reading, Critical ReadingFour types of reading described by the University of Sheffield are:Skimming - running the eyes over quickly, to get the gistScanning - looking for a particular piece of informationExtensive reading - longer texts for pleasure and needing global understandingIntensive reading - shorter texts, extracting specific information, accurate reading for detail.the strategies you used when you read the novel were
An exegesis is a critical explanation or analysis.
All of the above are correct.
Watching out for influence and bias in media texts
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First of all, it is important to recognise that the term 'criticism', as in critical scholarship does not imply opposition or disagreement. In this context, criticism is the careful, objective analysis of the texts and their background. A very active area in modern scholarship is called hermeneutics, the study of interpretation, or the quest for meaning. This study employs various approaches to written documents, each called a "criticism": Textual Criticism, Historical Criticism and Source Criticism.
The difference between reading text to improve board game skills versus not reading improvement texts is that while reading you will gain some knowledge but without reading you wont learn new skills that are in the text.
By proof reading the text.
At what stage is something added
The process of looking for biases and implied messages in media texts