What a Text Says, Does, and Means: Reaching for an Interpretation
Non-critical reading is satisfied with recognizing what a text says and restating the key remarks.
Critical reading goes two steps further. Having recognized what a text says , it reflects on what the text does by making such remarks. Is it offering examples? Arguing? Appealing for sympathy? Making a contrast to clarify a point? Finally, critical readers then infer what the text, as a whole, means , based on the earlier analysis.
These three steps or modes of analysis are reflected in three types of reading and discussion:
What a text says – restatement
What a text does – description
What a text means – interpretation .
You can distinguish each mode of analysis by the subject matter of the discussion:
What a text says – restatement – talks about the same topic as the original text
What a text does – description – discusses aspects of the discussion itself
What a text means – interpretation — analyzes the text and asserts a meaning for the text as a whole
What a Text Says, Does, and Means: Reaching for an InterpretationNon-critical reading is satisfied with recognizing what a text says and restating the key remarks.Critical reading goes two steps further. Having recognized what a text says , it reflects on what the text does by making such remarks. Is it offering examples? Arguing? Appealing for sympathy? Making a contrast to clarify a point? Finally, critical readers then infer what the text, as a whole, means , based on the earlier analysis.These three steps or modes of analysis are reflected in three types of reading and discussion:What a text says – restatementWhat a text does – descriptionWhat a text means – interpretation .You can distinguish each mode of analysis by the subject matter of the discussion:What a text says – restatement – talks about the same topic as the original textWhat a text does – description – discusses aspects of the discussion itselfWhat a text means – interpretation — analyzes the text and asserts a meaning for the text as a whole
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