ENGL 2027 Chapter : Cultural Criticism

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15 Mar 2019
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Use the reading and writing techniques practiced in class to complete your demonstration. Cultural criticism focuses on the cultural value of art by examining how art interacts with a culture"s power structures. In poetry cultural criticism can best conveyed through the author"s us of variable discourses. Discourses are context specific and are referenced from a particular group or society. The steps to cultural criticism begin with first reading and summarizing the poem. Next, derive an overall theme and discourse based of the poems content (i. e. diction, genre, etc. Finally, interpret how the poem"s theme support, rejects, and/or questions the traditional cultural power structures of society. Poem name: in the loop by bob hicok. Strategy application (use the strategy to interpret the poem): In the poem in the loop by bob hicok, hicok uses a contradictory tone and opposing diction to support his episodic theme.

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