Literary Criticism Presentation: Analyzing Golding's Fables

This presentation provides a detailed literary criticism analysis of William Golding's fables, focusing on essays by John Peter and William R. Mueller. It includes a PowerPoint presentation designed for an IB student, complete with a script and discussion points. The presentation identifies key arguments, analyzes the distinction between fiction and fables, and explores themes such as the nature of good and evil. The presentation highlights the thesis statements, analyzes specific passages using literary criticism, and offers a deep dive into the works of Golding, including 'Lord of the Flies,' examining the use of fables and allegories. This resource is ideal for students seeking to enhance their understanding of literary analysis and critical thinking skills.

Literary Criticism
Essay Analysis

What is Literary Criticism
• It is the analysis of the literary text through
different lenses which highlight the purpose,
the authorial stance and the perspective.
• It is the study, the interpretation and the
evaluation of literature.

Types of literary criticism
• The dramatic construction
• The formalism, neo-Aristotelianism, the
psychoanalytic criticism
• The reader –response criticism
• The post-structuralism, the cultural studies,
• The marxist criticism

Essay 2- The Fables of William Golding
• The essay provides a distinction between a
fable and a fiction.
• Fables are those that have the impression of
having different purpose.
• Fables provide the impression of being
proceeded by the conclusion.

Best part in Essay 2
• John Peter has beautifully described the
difference between a fable and fiction.
• He comments that it is easy to detect the
difference but it is not that easy to define.
• It is informed in simple language that it is
difficult because the clearest definition would
become in terms of the intentions of the
author and the pre-verbal procedures

Best part of Essay 2
• He puts forth the importance of classification
in the literary genre.
• He comments on the earth to have put
everything into the categories for satisfying
the human need .

Literature Criticism
• John Peter has provided the difference
between the works of William Golding.
• He further identifies the “ Lord of the Flies” as
a fable through its beginning.

Reference
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Light" in the novel" Lord of the Flies" by William Golding.
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