After reading through Critical Approaches in the novel Literature and the Writing Process, by Elizabeth McMahan, I discovered the most appealing approaches for me consisted of; "Reader Response" and "Historical Approaches".
Reader Response appeals the most to me because it "makes sense". It incorporates different ideas from it's audience and how each individual has interpreted the text. In saying this, when reading a form of literature, like most, I develop a picture in my head of what might be happening. However, the picture I develop can differ completely from other classmates. I enjoy how neither person is right nor wrong, it is just a different point of view and can help you think about different scenarios of the text that you may have skipped over.
The poem I chose to approach using "Reader Response" was The Eagle, by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The poem is a very short poem relating to an eagle that is sitting high on a rock with a body of water lying beneath him, about to cliff dive in search of his next meal. The poem represents simplicity in which I think resembles the eagle`s life, not too much to worry about, a free world to explore and the sky being the only limit.
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