TASK

= TASK = Your overall goal is to understand basic literary theory and criticism. As you complete this assignment, you should become more familiar with how and why literary criticism is used. You will be working in small groups to explore different types of literary theory. Each group will be responsible for one particular type of literary criticism. Using the information gathered through this web exploration of literary theory, each group will put together a PowerPoint presentation to teach the class about their particular branch of literary theory and how it can be applied to our reading of __The Great Gatsby.__ This project will help us gain a basic understanding of the following literary criticism theories: historical/ biographical, formalism/new criticism, psychoanalytic, feminist, reader response, and Marxist approaches. To help you in your exploration of literary criticism and theory, you will need to accomplish the following five steps:  ** Step 1: ** Read about the basic foundations and theories of literary criticism  ** Step 2: ** Look up definitions for 12 literary terms related to literary criticism and theory.  ** Step 3: ** Work in small groups to explore in depth one particular form of literary criticism.  ** Step 4: ** Each small group will create a 5-6 slide PowerPoint presentation to explain your group's assigned literary theory.  ** Step 5: ** Present your PowerPoint show to the class. ** ________________________________________ **  ** To proceed, click on the PROCESS Page. **