Chapter Three of Digging into Literature examinesthe surface-depth… Image transcription textWhat is the Surface/Depth Strategy? This chapter introduces youto the most central strategy of literary analysis, one that we callsurface/depth: finding deeper meanings beneath the … Show more… Show moreImage transcription textlie on the surface. The critic’s job is to link these layersthe surfaceand the depth to argue for the full meaning of the text. You mightthink of surfaceldepth as being like an onion. The surf… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textStep 1: Get a good grasp of the surface {literal} meaning When youwrite a literary analysis, you should consider what your audiencewill perceive as the surface reading because your ana… Show more… Show moreImage transcription texttranscribed these “think-aloud” activities in order to pullback the curtain to expose thinking processes that are usuallyperformed silently and alone. On page 44-45 is part of a… Show more… Show moreImage transcription text. . . So is she denying the baby, rejecting the baby? Or is sherejecting a kind of motherhood? Or both? Anyway, this isn’t hownew mothers are supposed to talk. Step 2: Dig below… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textHere we see the professor attempting to plausibly link terms in thepoem to meanings and concepts technically “outside”the text. In the ?rst segment, she investigates multiple… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textUsing SurfacsIDspth to Write Psrsuaslvely As the transcripts onpages 4415 and ? excerpts illustrate, literary scholars use thesurfacei’depth strategy as they read a text and beg… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textUsing the surface/depth linking strategy To use the surface/depthlinking strategy in your literary analysis, try to link a surface reading(or a literal line from the text) to a concept, an idea, or a … Show more… Show moreImage transcription textfigures illustrates indicates is masks means represents revealsseems shows signifies stands for suggests symbolizes underlies69… Show moreImage transcription textUsing the surfacer’depth contrasting strategy While thesurfaceidepth linking strategy connects the literal meaning of atext to a concept outside the text, the surfacel’depth … Show more… Show moreImage transcription textchoose to delay stating your thesis while you ?rst describe in detailthe surface reading your analysis will seek to dispel. However, beaware that there are varying preferences among literatu… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textPlausible vs. lmplauslble Readings The surfacefdepth strategy iscentral to all critical interpretations of a text, and you were likelyalready familiar with this strategy before you read th… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textThis interpretation of “Morning Song” as a poem about war iscertainly nonobvious but is ultimately not persuasive because thisinterpretation only works if we ignore the surface rea… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textA Note on Persuasive Interpretations You may haveheard someone in your literature classes say, “Well, that’smy interpretation” or “It’s a poem… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textThe surfacetdepth strategy helps show that texts are complexby revealing how they have multiple levels of meaning.Surfacetdepth is an essential brainstorming strateg… Show more… Show moreChapter Three of Digging into Literature examines the surface-depth theory. EXPLAIN this theory. Ultimately, this chapter is referencing critical reading skills. Identify and explain two techniques you can use while reading to get the most out of a text. Arts & Humanities English English Literature ENGL 2303
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