Literary Lenses and Critical Theory · Narrative Reading

Social and Economic Perspectives

Using Marxist and socio-economic lenses to examine power dynamics within literary works.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do the economic circumstances of characters dictate their agency and choices in the text?
  2. 2In what ways does the setting reflect or reinforce the class hierarchies presented by the author?
  3. 3How does the text challenge or uphold the prevailing social structures of its time?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Reading and Literature Studies - Grade 12
Grade: Grade 12
Subject: Language Arts
Unit: Literary Lenses and Critical Theory
Period: Narrative Reading

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