Reading Literature through a Lens
Name of Short Fiction Story: _______________________________________________
Directions: Read your short fiction text, pay attention to specific details - character dialogue, interactions/relationships, point of view,
setting, etc. - that relate to/reveal a particular lens. Aim to apply your notes/thinking to at least 2 of the 5 lenses, looking for evidence
for ALL!
Notes
Specific details & evidence from the text
Psychological/Psychoanalytic
Social Class (Marxist)
Historical/New Historicism
Gender/Feminist
Critical Race Theory