ENGL 1110 Lecture 11: Critical Thinking and Reading
7 Dec 2016
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There are many schools of critical thought. All involve actively thinking about how and why of a text: not giving a surface reading for basic understanding. Based on merit and considering the how and why of a work. A critique is your opinion of a text. Can disagree with everything the author says but still have a positive critique of the essay. If it is well written and supposed: vice versa. Need to know how to look at the way arguments and discussions are constructed: to spot and understand underlying biases and assumptions, see how they shape the final outcome. E(cid:374)gage (cid:449)ith dis(cid:272)ussio(cid:374)s (cid:374)ot o(cid:374) a le(cid:448)el of (cid:862)i like that(cid:863) (cid:271)ut o(cid:374) a le(cid:448)el of (cid:862)that (cid:373)akes logi(cid:272)al se(cid:374)se(cid:863: need to think about the world around us. Logical: credible author, plausible arguments/solutions, no fallacies. Essay looks good/bad, essay is well constructed/poorly organized: using it. Practical: arguments and solutions are actually feasible.
