I feel like one of the biggest reasons people struggle with literary analysis is because the purpose of studying literature is not made clear to students. Most literature classes often end up feeling like a stage for teachers to rant and rave over trivial details. Does it really matter what so and so did on page xyz in a novel written by an author who died 50 years ago? No it does not. But what does matter is your ability to make logical connections between different plot points, use critical thinking to form arguments based on evidence, and to understand how a literary work reflects aspects of reality and comments on society and/or the human condition. Before this was made clear to me I too thought studying literature was a bit frivolous and would often be confused on what exactly my teachers expected from me. It seemed that I was just making wild guesses as to what the teacher finds important and why. But once I actually understood the field of literature and its purpose I gained such a great appreciation for it. I honestly think it should be mandatory for literature teachers to throughly explain to students the point of studying the subject every year or semester so students understand what is expected of them. Literary analysis can still be difficult but if teachers and professors at least explain its importance students would be more encouraged knowing they aren’t simply playing a game of “guess what the teacher’s thinking” for months on end. This is just my opinion though lol but I think people like you are definitely helping to clear the confusion around studying literature.
exactly right!! even though i always enjoyed it, i didn't know why analysis was important for a very long time, which is why i made a point to include that info at the very beginning of the video ^^
Man you nailed it on the head in your first two sentences, "Most literature classes often end up feeling like a stage for teachers to rant and rave over trivial details" that's EXACTLY how I've always felt. Like it was for the teacher, not me, and I never learned much other than what my teacher thought and felt.
“I feel that most literature classes……” is a terrible opener. You just admitted that you are making widespread claims about most literature classes based on your feelings. Which is the opposite of critical and ironically just pointless ranting.
@HakuYuki001 "i feel that" is an indicator that this sentence is an opinion, rather than a solid fact; this comment is about op's personal experiences (and what they've heard from others), and does not at all claim to perfectly cover every aspect of every literature class
@@PeebeesPet Critical analysis is generally subjective It is not that crazy to express an opinion or make a judgment when you're...critiquing, I dare say it's expected. otherwise it's not a critique at all, it'd be more like an excel spreadsheet just doused in facts nd statistics or something idk
Using a (very cute) children's book is a great idea to teach the basics of critical literary analysis. I can't believe I've never had a teacher use this technique in formative school. I feel like it would be a great point to start and to get people interested in really understanding stories instead of jumping right away in old classic literature which is overwhelming when you're just getting into analysis
it took me seven and a half minutes to realise I couldn't read the covers because the camera inverts the image. I thought I was having a stroke sjdnfndbs
I was reccomended this video randomly and clicked it for funsies and am very, very impressed. You summarized some very complex concepts better than most lit professors I've had
@@bluemoon.f4vno because they are so right! I feel like the way you talked about it was very straight forward but also makes so much sense and it didn’t melt my brain lol
I felt that TT I've taken different courses going over critical analysis and this video probably explained the concepts in the best way possible that it finally clicked for me!
I'd like to point out edward's false belief system. he thinks as an emu "there was nowhere to go, there was nothing to do." in actuality much like the other animals in the zoo he too can find something to do. the only reason he thinks the other animals have something to do is because its something hes never done. he also tells himself its because of boredom when later on its clear to see its cause of the attention and by the end edwina gives him that. also i think that stems from being alone. the other animals were in plural but edward's surprise when coming back to the cage and finding an emu there might suggest he was expecting it to be empty which suggests he was the only emu there. that ties to the belonging aspect because having nobody like you can be very isolating.
me personally, i was looking at the story through the lens of the black experience, typically in non-black spaces and how edwina reminds me of little black kids who look up to elders in the community. i loved this video so much, thank you for sharing!!
Looking at the story of.Edward the Emu through a comedic lens: It's just so funny that Edward just hangs out with lions and snakes and even steps on them and never gets eaten of bitten, as if they where so flabbergasted that Edward would just risk himself for a little existential crysis that they don't even consider attacking him
Hello Moon! Literary analysis is something that I've always been intimidated of, but I realised that I've been scared of people telling me that I'm 'wrong' or that my analysis is 'incorrect'. But after watching your video (absolutely amazing one, by the way) I'm determined than ever to try it out!! Thank you for this very easy to follow beginner's guide ♥️
My Personal notes; thank you for this super informative video! - Critical literary analysis is about making an argument about a work, and backing it up with evidence - Evidence can be technically based, so based on the writing, how characters talk, the artwork. - Evidence can also be based on one’s own experiences; related to your own life - Evidence can be compared with another work, proving they are similar, different or both - Evidence can be based on their historical or societal context - Evidence can support different theories, which is done by looking at the book through different critical lenses ( ex; psychoanalytic, feminist, Marxist, queer, etc.) depending on your evidence. - how to gather evidence? 1- first read through without annotation. 2- reread with themes and lenses in mind and annotate, having taken note of plot and characters - how to write argument? 1- include genre and text type, examine important characters and ideas, review themes and symbols, and overall structure
@@liamonconlocha4898I’m an English major. We mostly only use literary devices to analyze writing. They rarely if ever ask for your personal opinion or actual thoughts.
@@timetime5689 the book has been written for the reader, they are the ones who digest the book, your own subjective meaning is also important as your perspective is one of many
@@liamonconlocha4898Did you listen all the way through? One of the ways you can respond to a text is by discussing your own personal experience and reaction to the work.
i have a literature class and critcal thinking, the teacher didn't teach us how to analysis and being critical so me and my friends feeling so lost in the class, thank you so much for making this video
Having to write commentaries for a modern languages degree, I feel like no one had actually explained the basics to me in a clear way. This video was perfect for me and, I imagine, many others - thank you!
I feel like the Finnish education system taught this pretty well. At least they made it clear why we're studying it in the first place and why it's so important to be able to analyze litarature from different perspectives. It wasn't just classic books that we studied but also media texts and even videos wich helped me understand how the things I learned (critical thinking skills and analyzing the full context) apply to pretty much everything. I used to love reading and writing as a child but stopped some years ago after I got bullied for it constantly. This year I finally got the motivation back and I'm looking forward to your deep dive videos about this!
Reading your comment made me jealous because in my country, that never happens. Teachers (and even professors) tend to asks us (the students) the "whys" and the "hows" instead of guiding us and making things clear in studying literature in the first place. But no, after delving into a particular literature text or book they would just asks us a bunch of "guide" questions and then submit it and then it is up to the professor or the teacher to give us a grade and just hope for the best. It's as if like gambling for either a good grade or an excellent grade or a fail.
Yeah, me too from France. Our teachers were very thorough, it just depended on what the class was interested in. I was lucky to have the teachers pick some of our preferred genres to analyze.
I’ve always had a difficult time framing what I wanted to convey in my analyses that they ended up being really weak and unorganized lol. You’re a great teacher, moon! Thank you for this! Can’t wait for your video on poetry analysis because I STRUGGLE with that 😭
you’re doing such valuable work here. i think the way that english is taught in schools is so soul-crushingly boring that it turns off most students, for whom it is never made clear what the point of english classes even are, despite their value. that and the structure of english classes (at least in my experience) tends only to confuse people, as these more ground-level concepts of english are never explained. it makes it so that even i, with my personal love for english as a subject, ended up coasting through my most recent couple years of school, despite having taken subjects i should’ve enjoyed. hopefully the advice in this video reaches many people so that they can organically grow a passion for english - and so they have a strong base of understanding with which to combat boredom or burnout like the kind that happened to me. again, great work!! :))
as a former AP Language and now AP Literature student i didn’t realize that critical literary is more of a skill needed to be taught !! thank you for not only your passion for analyzing media, but your determination and your very thorough, detailed explanations!! your videos are so detailed and you describe them as if you were in an academic setting while not complicating it too much. you deserve all the subscribers; this is amazing!
in my third year of my english degree and this was on god super helpful. hard to get out of your head when you're working on stuff and it's helpful to go back to basics (especially when none of the lecturers ever explained how to actually write essays properly lol!!)
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As someone who always failed literature and language related subjects (except English as a second language) I was always so discouraged from literary analysis, but bsd makes me want to get into it sooooo badly! Videos like these where someone can break the process down are a treasure! Seriously, thank you! 😭💖 While listening to the story, my immediate thought was "omg, that's a people pleaser finding someone who doesn't need to be catered to" because that was my entire experience in middle school, just changing core personality traits that people told me where "undesirable". Only proof I have is the way Edward immediately jumps into a new role the moment he hears just one person say they prefer something else. It's the classic "not everyone is gonna like everyone" lesson. Some people prefer the lions, others prefer the snakes and others the seals, not necessarily because they hate emus, that's just their preference. But at the end of the day, Edward's an emu and he can't make all of these people happy at the same time. But there are those who prefer the emu and those people are worth his affection, because they like him the way he is. This is my first time trying to put my thoughts in order like this, I don't know if I'm doing good at all, but attempts were made😂 A friend lent me "The Raven and other short stories" by E.A.P. and he's struggling with these things too so I thought it would be fun to annotate it for him once I was done reading it, maybe it would motivate him to actually pick it up himself, but obviously this is gonna be very difficult. I also really wanna get Chuuya's poem collections, basically because I've looked up a few things about him and he peaked my interest as a person so much and I feel that reading and understanding his poems will help me learn even more things about him, but if I'm struggling with simple stuff, imagine what poetry will do to me💀 So I can't wait for the poetry analysis video, that's gonna be my lifesaver💖
This video showed up in my recommended at just the right time! I’ve been reading _Crime and Punishment_ lately and I’m fairly certain I’ve been missing a lot of literary symbolism and whatnot…
This is by faaaaaar the best beginner's explanation I've ever listened to! and I'm pretty sure it's better than my own, so I'm going to share your video with my students. Keep it up! I'm looking forward to your next videos! :)
this guide is something i wish i had in my critical lit class! i was never straight out told that i'm supposed to argue about genre or character. I knew i was supposed to write about an element of the story. no wonder my essays would get my professors confused!
Hello! I’m a young teenager who’s very interested in learning things such as psychology, literature etc… i stumbled across you on tik tok thanks to your bungo stray dogs videos! Which I really love for how well you understand and explain the characters/plot! I then came across you on my youtube home page thanks to your bsd design explanation/theiry…I’m really ‘fascinated’ by the way you explain hard concepts with such easy examples, I’m not a smart kid yet I understood your lesson/analysis and you even managed to get me quite interested in this particular topic! Can’t wait to see more of your videos, I haven’t known you for long but your already at my top favorite channels! :) Also I hope I explained myself clearly considering english is not my mother language nor am I anywhere near the average speaker yet…hope you are having a nice day!
@@bluemoon.f4v really??? I’m so glad I explained well😭💞 Im so happy you responded to me ngl😭💞💞 just saw you uploaded a new video, running to watch it!!!
Damn, the education system really did failed us lmao, I've never had a proper literature class like this (I'm from Venezuela), I can analyze a text but only very surface level stuff, and when trying to read something that has too many layers is difficult to completely understand or give a meaning to a text. This is really cool, thank you!
This video has seriously helped me re-evaluate what I should be doing for my English Studies course. As an English major, I was not taught how to analyze a text. Its a huge help and now I feel like I can digest my required texts better than before. Now the question is, how did I not find this video sooner.
Oh my goodness you’d make a such phenomenal english teacher !!! Thank you so much for this i had trouble grasping some of the concepts my teacher tried to convey and this helped me so much!! Deffo sharing with friends!!
I'm so glad I clicked on this video and found your channel. I studied English Literature in University and am working in a completely different field right now (Business and Consulting) but my foundation in English Literature has helped me write and construct convincing arguments. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and it's reignited my love for literature. Thank you!!!
Excellent! And thanks for putting up the key points in text, I find listening to just speaking really hard to keep everything clear and remember what went before :) :P
I have been binge watching videos on critical analysis and end up far more confused after watching them than I was to begin with. Yours is the only video that has explained things in a way that makes it easy to understand for someone who has no idea what critical analysis is or where to start. I'm subscribing to your channel right now!! 😃 can't wait to see the videos to come!! And thank you for having made this video 🩷
Thank you! I used to think like this about every story I read, but my teachers made me think I was wrong and I should just go directly to the point, but now I believe that I should see the whole picture.
Girl, you're better than my critical concepts' teachers. Your video just popped up on my feed and I clicked it by pure curiosity, but I learned so much from you that I am doubting now the university's usefulness :)))
I always loved literary analysis but was never that good so this helps a lot thank you ! I had to do multiple for school without improving but I never thought of using children's books like you did for practicing :) As for Edward the Emu, I also thought about using a disabled person's lense for analysing the story because we do feel unloved by parents or teachers etc. but there are always people that actually like how our brains can think or just live differentely. (from an autistic pov)
i honestly cannot thank you enough for making this video, it's helped me so much - I always have so many ideas but no way of putting it all together, but I rly feel like I've been guided into structuring my arguments better. thank u so much once again
I would love to see full analysis videos from you! You explain well and with lots of passion. So, it would be cool to see a video where you deep dive in one of your favourite novels :)
As a person who always struggles to analyse literature, this video is the best RUclips recomendation ever! I not only learned so much but definitely enjoyed it. Thank you so much for such great work and dedication!! 👏💖
timestamps beloww :'D but first of all, thank u for this vid. i would always find myself analyzing novels, films and basically every media that interests me within minutes of having completing them. and I notice that I am always greeted with an overwhelming amount of things to discuss as well as a lack of a structure to do so neatly. which is why i am grateful for how easy you have made this video to comprehend. thank you ! TIMESTAMPS 2:59 def of literary analysis and importance of argument-making (or highlighting discussion points) Types of arguments: 4:13 Close reading/formalist - analyzes the technical aspect i.e tone of writing, words used, changes in writing style or within characters) 5:40 Applied Reading - analyzes text using specific personal experiences to compare and contrast to events witnessed from character. subjective ) 6:21 Comparative / Synergistic ~ this type of argument is similar to RRL (ha see what I did there) - compares chosen media with other forms of media in how they are similar, different, or both ! 6:59 Contextual / Historical - analyzes the state of the world during the time the media was produced - used often in classic books wherein settings, practices and vocabulary are distinctive to today's way of life 7:38 Theoretical - analyzes content of media to support a theory (research-based me thinks) 7:55 def of critical lens Types of Critical Lenses (wip)
i clicked on a whim because i'm procrastinating on writing an essay (who doesn't love to watch videos about doing the thing they're supposed to do instead of actually doing it haha) and i'm blown away by how well you've condensed all this information without watering it down! AND you also included a demonstration!! i'm definitely looking forward to the poetry video ^_^
Thank you for making this easy guide! I've always loved reading and literature at school but they didn't really teach us how to make our own analysis step by step with this kind of easy to follow structure. I think I'll try my hand at making my own analyses in my reading journal to share with friends or to keep to myself
i really love this video so much and everyone who took that "the curtains were just blue" thing srsly need to see things like these more. at times i feel like i am slow when it comes to interpreting and understanding the connections in books so i genuinely love watching literary analysis videos like these that can help me
It's very important to remember that reading and analyzing it is important skill everybody should acquire and it needs practice . I have read a lot of books and every time I finish one I ask myself "why it was so hard for me to understand the concepts that were explained in this book ?" your video was amazingly helpful for me and I really took notes on how can I critically analyze whenever I will read any literary / complex books in future. Also , reading skills are important when you are also someone who writes , so reading and writing needs practice , skills and determination and people like you are teaching the way to do it . Thank you so much for that and keep it up !
Honestly the BEST video i’ve seen. I haven’t been to school since I was 16 years old and the way you explained it was so simple and concise. Please make more!!!!
I really appreciate videos like these being made. As an English Lit major it took me until my junior year when I finally took my literary theory class to understand what all of this meant. I had gone half of my bachelor’s not knowing what any of the critics were talking about because they were referring to literary theory and theorist I had never heard about. I feel like academia is both intentionally and unintentionally gatekeeping critical theory analysis so it brings me joy to see this explained for a broader audience on RUclips rather than paying thousands of dollars to learn about it.
Best thing I've seen on the internet in a HOT MINUTE! I'm an English major and this is how my brain naturally works, but I've never really been able to put it into words before, but you explained this so well!!
omg I loved this video so much!!!! I love how you explained everything simply, but the analysis was profound. this inspires me to read and analyze more. I will definitely be coming back to this and other videos!! thank you
This was a WONDERFUL video. You clearly love what you do and have a talent for teaching it. Thank you! I look forward to watching the rest of the series!
This is very helpful. Getting into analysis, I unintentionally zapped all enjoyment from texts by essentially approaching it with a shovel in hand. Your advice to just read it first and then dive back in really helped me. Thank you.
Your video randomly popped up in my feed. Thank you for breaking it down the best that you could. I have always hated ELA, felt like the biggest waste of time, I do enjoy reading but I do for entertainment so never really go deep into the topics, language or tone. I will have to watch this video a couple of times to really understand because I'm still confused on how do you know which "topic" you're supposed to argue/analyze. Especially when you read for fun like me, idk what questions I'm supposed to be trying to answer
I really enjoy how you don't take about 'the author's intention' through your lenses. It's all about how YOU read stories! Key aspect of analysis that is hardly brought up in school until you reach university. I'm a literature major but I love having a refresh on the skills that are subconscious to me so I can teach others - stellar video!
Honestly i never cared about litterary analysis like i did today, your videos are truly aazing, i actually spent my time taking notes in what you said and practiced various time, thanks for being super clean about what you were explaining
Great video! So simple- yet it connected to much. Sometimes you think the literature exam requirements came out of no where. But by linking them to this framework it provided much more clarity. And made it more meaningful!
Although I love reading just for fun, I want to connect with and understand what I’m reading on a deeper level and this seems helpful, especially considering the fact that English isn’t my first language
i'm going to uni next year to study literature and this video really helped me to get even more hyped hhahahah, thank you so much, it's an incredible video :)
This is absolutely life changing. I have felt very intimidated about my undergrad journey in Literature, and this video has helped me greatly, love you so much❤
watching this to hopefully not fail the handwritten literary analysis essay portion of my english lit exam next week, thank you so much for explaining everything that the professors of my course have failed to explain!
imma be honest since this is my first time watching a vid from this channel when I saw Q, then nikolai, then yosano I SCREAMED def going to watch more of these videos :,DDDD
this is super cool!!! i watched the whole thing in normal speed (which is weird cause i usually put it in x2 speed and skip majority of the video), and i didn't find myself getting bored. you're really good at teaching!! i can't wait for your next video :) especially cause i just started literature this year
hey, i just wanna say this video is really helpful!! ive been unsatisfied with my results in my literature class and ive seen people put out some fascinating analysis of media i like that i can follow but i can never understand how they do it so well. this actually really helps with both of those points!! tysm!
Your voice sounds so soft :0 As a person with big sencory issues i really appreciate that, you're just nice to listen (and video is good itself too, of course!)
This was so good!! Thank you for this concise yet, to me (a life long reader who has always felt scared of literary analysis and stopped taking english classes after high school), very educational video! I feel really dumb sometimes when my friend tells me about her theories of a certain tv show we both watch, the things she picks up on, and I hope this series can help me feel more comfortable doing the same.
I really am thankful that I found your channel. I struggle with analysing texts so much, especially in school. Having someone who is willing to start from step 1 is such a huge relief and encouragement for me. Look forward to more of these contents :))
I used to hate school, I graduated college and got a job I enjoy working with numbers but now I find myself wanting to learn other things on my own. I love to read as a hobby but now I want to challenge myself … I’m making a goal to really dive deep into literature that challenges me! Thanks for this video and here’s to anyone who just wants to be a student again ❤
honestly,THANK YOU SO MUCH!! you made everything very clear to understand, especially for beginners!! You very talented at explaing concepts and this really help me a lot!! And also all the Bungo stray dog references made it a really fun watch! im def gonna watch your other Bungo stray dog related vids!!
I love this video so so much, this was such a great beginner video. I’m currently doing Literature in A levels and I’m honestly so pleasantly surprised from what this has taught me, it was really refreshing and seems to be a much more enjoyable approach than just listening to what my teacher deems is important in a text or not.
thank you so much for this video, it was truly insightful and well spoken! one thing about literary analysis that always made me think was whether authors/writers actually thought through the entirety of their work (the small details readers notice, the plot points to connect, etc.) i had always assumed everything was on purpose until i wrote my own works. as a writer (amateur), it turns out many of these interesting connection and details often materialized sub/unconsciously! of course some things remain thought-through and on purpose, but it’s so fascinating how our minds can plant these little details and connections.
i really appreciate this video, thank you! i often feel lost when trying to analyze literature, because my english teachers would just say that this thing is a metaphor for that thing, make sure you remember for the test!, and never explain why or how to form our own analysis. i want to put more thought into how i engage with things, and this was a great entry point :)
This was an absolute gem of a video. Thank you for including definitions and an example at the end. You have me incredibly in building a presentation on paraphrases, summaries, and literary analyses. Thank you!
I’ve always, always wanted to delve deeper into the world of understanding and resonating with literature, and this is probably my biggest hope for this dream since I was told I couldn’t make a good career out of lit. You’ve made every point, technique and example SO accessible, and I’m beyond excited for your poetry analysis guide!! I followed along with your Edward the Emu reading. At the end, it really put into perspective how different our thinking processes were; namely how I arrived at vague conclusions (similar to yours) versus how you built up your statements brick-by-brick. It was incredible how well you articulated yourself, like solving a puzzle! I never knew something as artsy as literature could be broken down and simplified the same way maths problems could be solved. Then, you highlighted how much more significant EtE was in a queer person’s lens - as that queer person, it didn’t occur to me that this story could feel less resonating with any other point of view. You truly are amazing at this!
Im so glad the algorithm showed me your content because honestly i only got into classic literature and analysis because of you! I love to hear about your bsd theories!
I love critical analysis (of all media, not just books) and I'm pretty experienced with it academically and recreationally, but this is the clearest breakdown of critical analysis I've ever heard. I feel like I still learned something -- like things that were tangled up in my head are now neatly sorted What I'm trying to say is thank you!
thank you for making and sharing this!! i'm a university student and i've been working with a lot of literary analysis over the last two years, but it's been difficult to grasp the concepts of analysis itself, and to put together ideas and arguments despite understanding the content the way you demonstrated for the “edward the emu” story. it helped me understand the specifics a little better and i'm hoping to practice more in my own time! :)
I was searching for videos which will help me to write better and also help me to understand the things that I am reading and your video has been really helpful it has helped me to accept the fact the it's okay to start from scratch and make meaning out of it as you go ahead. Thank you
I've been taught all this in school, or at least learned it there, but never in this kind of concise and approachable way. Thank you for the video, it allowed me to re-structure and revisit a lot of information, and it helped a lot!
18:06 as a queer survivor of conversion torture I actually got the opposite message because conversion torturists used to argue our gender identity [as trans people] came from a lack of socializing with people of our assigned gender. For sexuality, this is the argument that you just need the right man. On top of that, the zoo looks very carceral. The mandatory straight love interest at the end, not only reinforces amatonormativity but then also suggests we should bias our readings to heteronormativity/anti-queer/"no homo" readings. Like even "the ugly duckling" has a community of swans at the end, while this book has only 1 other emu to make house with. This resolution conflates sexuality/dating with gender identity.
I think this video was really important to me, because something that has always been implied and that existed somewhere in my brain finally made sense. I finally know what it is and how I can use it, how I can do to make it better, more accurate, argumentative. like this whole video just made so much sense
Thank you so much for making this video! I love English lit classes and I love the idea of analyzing texts, but I usually feel stuck at the very beginning. Questions like: “how do I do it” “is my idea even good” “what do I need to say to prove what I’m thinking” have always caused me to procrastinate writing papers. This video was so so helpful and I cannot wait for the next installments in the series. ❤
Coming from a stem background I've only recently, after graduating college, begun to critically analyze media that I interact with. My partner, an English major, recommended that I look into some basics of CLA, and I loved your video! Can't wait to tell my friends that all the main characters in the Yakuza video game series are actually the embodiment of their yakuza back tattoos! I mean, one-man-army'ing is fun and cool, but not one person alive could do it.
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO, you basically taught me more than my profs who only yap about the texts rather than Actually teaching us how to apply this techniques and analysis, this is such a life saver and changing video and I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THIS 😭❤
I just wanted to say, from the bottom of my IB English heart, thank you so much for this video. I’ve always struggled with literary analysis and it was a source of a lot of insecurity in my papers. I hope you have a wonderful day fitting of a wonderful person!!
This video was incredibly helpful. I've been trying to better understand and interpret the novels I have been reading so I might appreciate them more and this video gave me the perfect stepping stone to do that. I have already found it helpful with other mediums like film too. Trying to find something to give me that push into beginning to analyze the content I consume has not been easy but this video did it. You summed everything up concisely, intelligently, and in a very easy-to-understand way. You gave me new notions to consider as I read and I really hope you continue to make content like this.
i came here because of the youtube algorithm from watching video essays as background noise, and now im listening to someone using Bungou Stray Dogs as an example of literary analysis and then tearing up over someone explaining a children's book. subbed.
You present your material in a very organized fashion; it's easy to follow along w/you while taking notes in outline form. I loved Edward Emu (text). Great job w/your analysis! Again, thanks & love your style. I'll be following along as I have a 3-week break in between terms here in Iraqi Kurdistan- where I lecture Reading 100 though analysis of the Hero's Journey among other things.
This is a great introductory video for critical analysis, I think it being "Too easy" would be a good thing, and this could appeal to people of multiple skill levels. Nice video! If I was a teacher struggling with my students i'd probably send this video their way. It had good examples that current students can relate to and you were very open and friendly the whole time. anyhoo nice stuff
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I feel like one of the biggest reasons people struggle with literary analysis is because the purpose of studying literature is not made clear to students. Most literature classes often end up feeling like a stage for teachers to rant and rave over trivial details. Does it really matter what so and so did on page xyz in a novel written by an author who died 50 years ago? No it does not. But what does matter is your ability to make logical connections between different plot points, use critical thinking to form arguments based on evidence, and to understand how a literary work reflects aspects of reality and comments on society and/or the human condition. Before this was made clear to me I too thought studying literature was a bit frivolous and would often be confused on what exactly my teachers expected from me. It seemed that I was just making wild guesses as to what the teacher finds important and why. But once I actually understood the field of literature and its purpose I gained such a great appreciation for it. I honestly think it should be mandatory for literature teachers to throughly explain to students the point of studying the subject every year or semester so students understand what is expected of them. Literary analysis can still be difficult but if teachers and professors at least explain its importance students would be more encouraged knowing they aren’t simply playing a game of “guess what the teacher’s thinking” for months on end. This is just my opinion though lol but I think people like you are definitely helping to clear the confusion around studying literature.
exactly right!! even though i always enjoyed it, i didn't know why analysis was important for a very long time, which is why i made a point to include that info at the very beginning of the video ^^
Man you nailed it on the head in your first two sentences, "Most literature classes often end up feeling like a stage for teachers to rant and rave over trivial details" that's EXACTLY how I've always felt. Like it was for the teacher, not me, and I never learned much other than what my teacher thought and felt.
“I feel that most literature classes……” is a terrible opener.
You just admitted that you are making widespread claims about most literature classes based on your feelings. Which is the opposite of critical and ironically just pointless ranting.
@HakuYuki001 "i feel that" is an indicator that this sentence is an opinion, rather than a solid fact; this comment is about op's personal experiences (and what they've heard from others), and does not at all claim to perfectly cover every aspect of every literature class
@@PeebeesPet Critical analysis is generally subjective It is not that crazy to express an opinion or make a judgment when you're...critiquing, I dare say it's expected. otherwise it's not a critique at all, it'd be more like an excel spreadsheet just doused in facts nd statistics or something idk
Using a (very cute) children's book is a great idea to teach the basics of critical literary analysis. I can't believe I've never had a teacher use this technique in formative school. I feel like it would be a great point to start and to get people interested in really understanding stories instead of jumping right away in old classic literature which is overwhelming when you're just getting into analysis
And capitalism in Donald Duck is an independent study
that's trueee! any teachers here should take notes
it took me seven and a half minutes to realise I couldn't read the covers because the camera inverts the image. I thought I was having a stroke sjdnfndbs
HELP
LMAO😭 THATS VALID
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Same! I was like whats wrong with me 😅
I was reccomended this video randomly and clicked it for funsies and am very, very impressed. You summarized some very complex concepts better than most lit professors I've had
this is the best compliment ever omg I'm so happy
@@bluemoon.f4vno because they are so right! I feel like the way you talked about it was very straight forward but also makes so much sense and it didn’t melt my brain lol
Me tooooo, just randomly watch it and really impressed on it!!!!!!!!!!
I felt that TT
I've taken different courses going over critical analysis and this video probably explained the concepts in the best way possible that it finally clicked for me!
I'd like to point out edward's false belief system. he thinks as an emu "there was nowhere to go, there was nothing to do." in actuality much like the other animals in the zoo he too can find something to do. the only reason he thinks the other animals have something to do is because its something hes never done. he also tells himself its because of boredom when later on its clear to see its cause of the attention and by the end edwina gives him that. also i think that stems from being alone. the other animals were in plural but edward's surprise when coming back to the cage and finding an emu there might suggest he was expecting it to be empty which suggests he was the only emu there. that ties to the belonging aspect because having nobody like you can be very isolating.
Not you making me cry over Edward the emu😭😭
edward deserves everything 🥹
you're not alone 😭😭😭
me personally, i was looking at the story through the lens of the black experience, typically in non-black spaces and how edwina reminds me of little black kids who look up to elders in the community. i loved this video so much, thank you for sharing!!
that's SO CUTE 🥺🥺
I have a writing degree, but I find it so helpful to return to the basics and refresh my understanding of critical analysis. This is great!!
Looking at the story of.Edward the Emu through a comedic lens: It's just so funny that Edward just hangs out with lions and snakes and even steps on them and never gets eaten of bitten, as if they where so flabbergasted that Edward would just risk himself for a little existential crysis that they don't even consider attacking him
Hello Moon! Literary analysis is something that I've always been intimidated of, but I realised that I've been scared of people telling me that I'm 'wrong' or that my analysis is 'incorrect'. But after watching your video (absolutely amazing one, by the way) I'm determined than ever to try it out!! Thank you for this very easy to follow beginner's guide ♥️
yay I'm so glad 🥺 there are lots of ways to analyse things, I hope you grow to enjoy it as much as I do!!
My Personal notes; thank you for this super informative video!
- Critical literary analysis is about making an argument about a work, and backing it up with evidence
- Evidence can be technically based, so based on the writing, how characters talk, the artwork.
- Evidence can also be based on one’s own experiences; related to your own life
- Evidence can be compared with another work, proving they are similar, different or both
- Evidence can be based on their historical or societal context
- Evidence can support different theories, which is done by looking at the book through different critical lenses ( ex; psychoanalytic, feminist, Marxist, queer, etc.) depending on your evidence.
- how to gather evidence? 1- first read through without annotation. 2- reread with themes and lenses in mind and annotate, having taken note of plot and characters
- how to write argument? 1- include genre and text type, examine important characters and ideas, review themes and symbols, and overall structure
Where is the reader in all this?
@@liamonconlocha4898I’m an English major. We mostly only use literary devices to analyze writing. They rarely if ever ask for your personal opinion or actual thoughts.
@@timetime5689 the book has been written for the reader, they are the ones who digest the book, your own subjective meaning is also important as your perspective is one of many
@@liamonconlocha4898Did you listen all the way through? One of the ways you can respond to a text is by discussing your own personal experience and reaction to the work.
i have a literature class and critcal thinking, the teacher didn't teach us how to analysis and being critical so me and my friends feeling so lost in the class, thank you so much for making this video
Having to write commentaries for a modern languages degree, I feel like no one had actually explained the basics to me in a clear way. This video was perfect for me and, I imagine, many others - thank you!
I feel like the Finnish education system taught this pretty well. At least they made it clear why we're studying it in the first place and why it's so important to be able to analyze litarature from different perspectives. It wasn't just classic books that we studied but also media texts and even videos wich helped me understand how the things I learned (critical thinking skills and analyzing the full context) apply to pretty much everything.
I used to love reading and writing as a child but stopped some years ago after I got bullied for it constantly. This year I finally got the motivation back and I'm looking forward to your deep dive videos about this!
Reading your comment made me jealous because in my country, that never happens. Teachers (and even professors) tend to asks us (the students) the "whys" and the "hows" instead of guiding us and making things clear in studying literature in the first place. But no, after delving into a particular literature text or book they would just asks us a bunch of "guide" questions and then submit it and then it is up to the professor or the teacher to give us a grade and just hope for the best. It's as if like gambling for either a good grade or an excellent grade or a fail.
@@eemki which country are you from?
I share a lot of similar feelings
@@allesaufanfang-sarah Philippines.
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Yeah, me too from France. Our teachers were very thorough, it just depended on what the class was interested in.
I was lucky to have the teachers pick some of our preferred genres to analyze.
I’ve always had a difficult time framing what I wanted to convey in my analyses that they ended up being really weak and unorganized lol. You’re a great teacher, moon! Thank you for this! Can’t wait for your video on poetry analysis because I STRUGGLE with that 😭
you’re doing such valuable work here. i think the way that english is taught in schools is so soul-crushingly boring that it turns off most students, for whom it is never made clear what the point of english classes even are, despite their value. that and the structure of english classes (at least in my experience) tends only to confuse people, as these more ground-level concepts of english are never explained. it makes it so that even i, with my personal love for english as a subject, ended up coasting through my most recent couple years of school, despite having taken subjects i should’ve enjoyed. hopefully the advice in this video reaches many people so that they can organically grow a passion for english - and so they have a strong base of understanding with which to combat boredom or burnout like the kind that happened to me. again, great work!! :))
as a former AP Language and now AP Literature student i didn’t realize that critical literary is more of a skill needed to be taught !! thank you for not only your passion for analyzing media, but your determination and your very thorough, detailed explanations!! your videos are so detailed and you describe them as if you were in an academic setting while not complicating it too much. you deserve all the subscribers; this is amazing!
in my third year of my english degree and this was on god super helpful. hard to get out of your head when you're working on stuff and it's helpful to go back to basics (especially when none of the lecturers ever explained how to actually write essays properly lol!!)
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As someone who always failed literature and language related subjects (except English as a second language) I was always so discouraged from literary analysis, but bsd makes me want to get into it sooooo badly! Videos like these where someone can break the process down are a treasure! Seriously, thank you! 😭💖
While listening to the story, my immediate thought was "omg, that's a people pleaser finding someone who doesn't need to be catered to" because that was my entire experience in middle school, just changing core personality traits that people told me where "undesirable". Only proof I have is the way Edward immediately jumps into a new role the moment he hears just one person say they prefer something else.
It's the classic "not everyone is gonna like everyone" lesson. Some people prefer the lions, others prefer the snakes and others the seals, not necessarily because they hate emus, that's just their preference. But at the end of the day, Edward's an emu and he can't make all of these people happy at the same time. But there are those who prefer the emu and those people are worth his affection, because they like him the way he is. This is my first time trying to put my thoughts in order like this, I don't know if I'm doing good at all, but attempts were made😂
A friend lent me "The Raven and other short stories" by E.A.P. and he's struggling with these things too so I thought it would be fun to annotate it for him once I was done reading it, maybe it would motivate him to actually pick it up himself, but obviously this is gonna be very difficult. I also really wanna get Chuuya's poem collections, basically because I've looked up a few things about him and he peaked my interest as a person so much and I feel that reading and understanding his poems will help me learn even more things about him, but if I'm struggling with simple stuff, imagine what poetry will do to me💀 So I can't wait for the poetry analysis video, that's gonna be my lifesaver💖
This video showed up in my recommended at just the right time! I’ve been reading _Crime and Punishment_ lately and I’m fairly certain I’ve been missing a lot of literary symbolism and whatnot…
omg someone who explains how to analyse critically without melting my brains off... and who is a bsd fan??!! You just got a new subscriber
This is by faaaaaar the best beginner's explanation I've ever listened to! and I'm pretty sure it's better than my own, so I'm going to share your video with my students. Keep it up! I'm looking forward to your next videos! :)
this guide is something i wish i had in my critical lit class! i was never straight out told that i'm supposed to argue about genre or character. I knew i was supposed to write about an element of the story. no wonder my essays would get my professors confused!
Hello! I’m a young teenager who’s very interested in learning things such as psychology, literature etc… i stumbled across you on tik tok thanks to your bungo stray dogs videos! Which I really love for how well you understand and explain the characters/plot! I then came across you on my youtube home page thanks to your bsd design explanation/theiry…I’m really ‘fascinated’ by the way you explain hard concepts with such easy examples, I’m not a smart kid yet I understood your lesson/analysis and you even managed to get me quite interested in this particular topic! Can’t wait to see more of your videos, I haven’t known you for long but your already at my top favorite channels! :)
Also I hope I explained myself clearly considering english is not my mother language nor am I anywhere near the average speaker yet…hope you are having a nice day!
you've done an excellent job at explaining, I couldn't tell English wasn't your first language! I'm so glad you like my videos, thank you 💞
@@bluemoon.f4v really??? I’m so glad I explained well😭💞 Im so happy you responded to me ngl😭💞💞 just saw you uploaded a new video, running to watch it!!!
Damn, the education system really did failed us lmao, I've never had a proper literature class like this (I'm from Venezuela), I can analyze a text but only very surface level stuff, and when trying to read something that has too many layers is difficult to completely understand or give a meaning to a text. This is really cool, thank you!
This video has seriously helped me re-evaluate what I should be doing for my English Studies course. As an English major, I was not taught how to analyze a text. Its a huge help and now I feel like I can digest my required texts better than before. Now the question is, how did I not find this video sooner.
Oh my goodness you’d make a such phenomenal english teacher !!! Thank you so much for this i had trouble grasping some of the concepts my teacher tried to convey and this helped me so much!! Deffo sharing with friends!!
I'm so glad I clicked on this video and found your channel. I studied English Literature in University and am working in a completely different field right now (Business and Consulting) but my foundation in English Literature has helped me write and construct convincing arguments. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and it's reignited my love for literature. Thank you!!!
Did I just cry over analysing a children's picture book. Yes. Yes I did. This video was awesome!
When you mentioned how profound childrens books could be i remembered reading The Little Prince when I was in my early 20s
"A good book is always good, no matter how many times you read it" - Me with Crime and Punishment
Excellent! And thanks for putting up the key points in text, I find listening to just speaking really hard to keep everything clear and remember what went before :) :P
I have been binge watching videos on critical analysis and end up far more confused after watching them than I was to begin with. Yours is the only video that has explained things in a way that makes it easy to understand for someone who has no idea what critical analysis is or where to start. I'm subscribing to your channel right now!! 😃 can't wait to see the videos to come!! And thank you for having made this video 🩷
Thank you! I used to think like this about every story I read, but my teachers made me think I was wrong and I should just go directly to the point, but now I believe that I should see the whole picture.
This actually made me re-evaluate my whole life for a second. This was really good, thank you.
Girl, you're better than my critical concepts' teachers. Your video just popped up on my feed and I clicked it by pure curiosity, but I learned so much from you that I am doubting now the university's usefulness :)))
I always loved literary analysis but was never that good so this helps a lot thank you ! I had to do multiple for school without improving but I never thought of using children's books like you did for practicing :)
As for Edward the Emu, I also thought about using a disabled person's lense for analysing the story because we do feel unloved by parents or teachers etc. but there are always people that actually like how our brains can think or just live differentely. (from an autistic pov)
i honestly cannot thank you enough for making this video, it's helped me so much - I always have so many ideas but no way of putting it all together, but I rly feel like I've been guided into structuring my arguments better. thank u so much once again
I would love to see full analysis videos from you! You explain well and with lots of passion. So, it would be cool to see a video where you deep dive in one of your favourite novels :)
As a person who always struggles to analyse literature, this video is the best RUclips recomendation ever! I not only learned so much but definitely enjoyed it. Thank you so much for such great work and dedication!! 👏💖
timestamps beloww :'D
but first of all, thank u for this vid. i would always find myself analyzing novels, films and basically every media that interests me within minutes of having completing them. and I notice that I am always greeted with an overwhelming amount of things to discuss as well as a lack of a structure to do so neatly. which is why i am grateful for how easy you have made this video to comprehend. thank you !
TIMESTAMPS
2:59 def of literary analysis and importance of argument-making (or highlighting discussion points)
Types of arguments:
4:13 Close reading/formalist
- analyzes the technical aspect i.e tone of writing, words used, changes in writing style or within characters)
5:40 Applied Reading
- analyzes text using specific personal experiences to compare and contrast to events witnessed from character. subjective )
6:21 Comparative / Synergistic ~ this type of argument is similar to RRL (ha see what I did there)
- compares chosen media with other forms of media in how they are similar, different, or both !
6:59 Contextual / Historical
- analyzes the state of the world during the time the media was produced
- used often in classic books wherein settings, practices and vocabulary are distinctive to today's way of life
7:38 Theoretical
- analyzes content of media to support a theory (research-based me thinks)
7:55 def of critical lens
Types of Critical Lenses
(wip)
i clicked on a whim because i'm procrastinating on writing an essay (who doesn't love to watch videos about doing the thing they're supposed to do instead of actually doing it haha) and i'm blown away by how well you've condensed all this information without watering it down! AND you also included a demonstration!! i'm definitely looking forward to the poetry video ^_^
Thank you for making this easy guide! I've always loved reading and literature at school but they didn't really teach us how to make our own analysis step by step with this kind of easy to follow structure. I think I'll try my hand at making my own analyses in my reading journal to share with friends or to keep to myself
i really love this video so much and everyone who took that "the curtains were just blue" thing srsly need to see things like these more. at times i feel like i am slow when it comes to interpreting and understanding the connections in books so i genuinely love watching literary analysis videos like these that can help me
It's very important to remember that reading and analyzing it is important skill everybody should acquire and it needs practice . I have read a lot of books and every time I finish one I ask myself "why it was so hard for me to understand the concepts that were explained in this book ?"
your video was amazingly helpful for me and I really took notes on how can I critically analyze whenever I will read any literary / complex books in future.
Also , reading skills are important when you are also someone who writes , so reading and writing needs practice , skills and determination and people like you are teaching the way to do it . Thank you so much for that and keep it up !
Honestly the BEST video i’ve seen. I haven’t been to school since I was 16 years old and the way you explained it was so simple and concise. Please make more!!!!
From one human being to another, I am glad you exist. Helped me so much, thank you!
I really appreciate videos like these being made. As an English Lit major it took me until my junior year when I finally took my literary theory class to understand what all of this meant. I had gone half of my bachelor’s not knowing what any of the critics were talking about because they were referring to literary theory and theorist I had never heard about. I feel like academia is both intentionally and unintentionally gatekeeping critical theory analysis so it brings me joy to see this explained for a broader audience on RUclips rather than paying thousands of dollars to learn about it.
Best thing I've seen on the internet in a HOT MINUTE! I'm an English major and this is how my brain naturally works, but I've never really been able to put it into words before, but you explained this so well!!
I'm now in an English comp class in college and this is the first time I've had to do any close reading or critical reading.
omg I loved this video so much!!!! I love how you explained everything simply, but the analysis was profound. this inspires me to read and analyze more. I will definitely be coming back to this and other videos!! thank you
This was a WONDERFUL video. You clearly love what you do and have a talent for teaching it. Thank you! I look forward to watching the rest of the series!
This is very helpful. Getting into analysis, I unintentionally zapped all enjoyment from texts by essentially approaching it with a shovel in hand. Your advice to just read it first and then dive back in really helped me. Thank you.
Your video randomly popped up in my feed. Thank you for breaking it down the best that you could. I have always hated ELA, felt like the biggest waste of time, I do enjoy reading but I do for entertainment so never really go deep into the topics, language or tone. I will have to watch this video a couple of times to really understand because I'm still confused on how do you know which "topic" you're supposed to argue/analyze. Especially when you read for fun like me, idk what questions I'm supposed to be trying to answer
0:12 the maniac shirt 😍
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I really enjoy how you don't take about 'the author's intention' through your lenses. It's all about how YOU read stories! Key aspect of analysis that is hardly brought up in school until you reach university. I'm a literature major but I love having a refresh on the skills that are subconscious to me so I can teach others - stellar video!
Honestly i never cared about litterary analysis like i did today, your videos are truly aazing, i actually spent my time taking notes in what you said and practiced various time, thanks for being super clean about what you were explaining
Great video! So simple- yet it connected to much. Sometimes you think the literature exam requirements came out of no where. But by linking them to this framework it provided much more clarity. And made it more meaningful!
Although I love reading just for fun, I want to connect with and understand what I’m reading on a deeper level and this seems helpful, especially considering the fact that English isn’t my first language
i'm going to uni next year to study literature and this video really helped me to get even more hyped hhahahah, thank you so much, it's an incredible video :)
I would love it even more if in the end Edward realized how capable he is of loving himself without having to rely on anybody’s opinion.
This is absolutely life changing. I have felt very intimidated about my undergrad journey in Literature, and this video has helped me greatly, love you so much❤
As a complete noob at this, the level was perfect for me. And I was able to use the takeaway homework to practice! Thank you for this video. 🙂
This is awesome, I study a level literature and your video is super informative and concise!
watching this to hopefully not fail the handwritten literary analysis essay portion of my english lit exam next week, thank you so much for explaining everything that the professors of my course have failed to explain!
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as im watching right now im getting more and more excited
I noticed the manga wall - then the bsd clips started playing and I screamed again
ive been wanting to analyse stuff for quite a while. this video was amazing!
this is super cool!!! i watched the whole thing in normal speed (which is weird cause i usually put it in x2 speed and skip majority of the video), and i didn't find myself getting bored. you're really good at teaching!! i can't wait for your next video :) especially cause i just started literature this year
edward the emu touched my heart soooooooooooooo deeply
hey, i just wanna say this video is really helpful!! ive been unsatisfied with my results in my literature class and ive seen people put out some fascinating analysis of media i like that i can follow but i can never understand how they do it so well. this actually really helps with both of those points!! tysm!
i was actually curious about this video and it just awakened the bsd enthusiasm in me
Your voice sounds so soft :0
As a person with big sencory issues i really appreciate that, you're just nice to listen (and video is good itself too, of course!)
This was so good!! Thank you for this concise yet, to me (a life long reader who has always felt scared of literary analysis and stopped taking english classes after high school), very educational video! I feel really dumb sometimes when my friend tells me about her theories of a certain tv show we both watch, the things she picks up on, and I hope this series can help me feel more comfortable doing the same.
I really am thankful that I found your channel. I struggle with analysing texts so much, especially in school. Having someone who is willing to start from step 1 is such a huge relief and encouragement for me. Look forward to more of these contents :))
I used to hate school, I graduated college and got a job I enjoy working with numbers but now I find myself wanting to learn other things on my own. I love to read as a hobby but now I want to challenge myself … I’m making a goal to really dive deep into literature that challenges me! Thanks for this video and here’s to anyone who just wants to be a student again ❤
honestly,THANK YOU SO MUCH!! you made everything very clear to understand, especially for beginners!! You very talented at explaing concepts and this really help me a lot!! And also all the Bungo stray dog references made it a really fun watch! im def gonna watch your other Bungo stray dog related vids!!
I’m so happy to see a new video from you!! Thank you!!
I'm so glad 🥰
@@bluemoon.f4vthanks for the reply!! ❤️
For someone learning English literature on my own, this video taught me well!
I love this video so so much, this was such a great beginner video. I’m currently doing Literature in A levels and I’m honestly so pleasantly surprised from what this has taught me, it was really refreshing and seems to be a much more enjoyable approach than just listening to what my teacher deems is important in a text or not.
thank you so much for this video, it was truly insightful and well spoken! one thing about literary analysis that always made me think was whether authors/writers actually thought through the entirety of their work (the small details readers notice, the plot points to connect, etc.) i had always assumed everything was on purpose until i wrote my own works. as a writer (amateur), it turns out many of these interesting connection and details often materialized sub/unconsciously! of course some things remain thought-through and on purpose, but it’s so fascinating how our minds can plant these little details and connections.
right!! there are plenty of things ive written that i looked back at and went oh, wait.... that was certainly a nice theme
i really appreciate this video, thank you! i often feel lost when trying to analyze literature, because my english teachers would just say that this thing is a metaphor for that thing, make sure you remember for the test!, and never explain why or how to form our own analysis. i want to put more thought into how i engage with things, and this was a great entry point :)
This was an absolute gem of a video. Thank you for including definitions and an example at the end. You have me incredibly in building a presentation on paraphrases, summaries, and literary analyses. Thank you!
I’ve always, always wanted to delve deeper into the world of understanding and resonating with literature, and this is probably my biggest hope for this dream since I was told I couldn’t make a good career out of lit. You’ve made every point, technique and example SO accessible, and I’m beyond excited for your poetry analysis guide!!
I followed along with your Edward the Emu reading. At the end, it really put into perspective how different our thinking processes were; namely how I arrived at vague conclusions (similar to yours) versus how you built up your statements brick-by-brick. It was incredible how well you articulated yourself, like solving a puzzle! I never knew something as artsy as literature could be broken down and simplified the same way maths problems could be solved.
Then, you highlighted how much more significant EtE was in a queer person’s lens - as that queer person, it didn’t occur to me that this story could feel less resonating with any other point of view. You truly are amazing at this!
Im so glad the algorithm showed me your content because honestly i only got into classic literature and analysis because of you! I love to hear about your bsd theories!
I love critical analysis (of all media, not just books) and I'm pretty experienced with it academically and recreationally, but this is the clearest breakdown of critical analysis I've ever heard. I feel like I still learned something -- like things that were tangled up in my head are now neatly sorted
What I'm trying to say is thank you!
thank you for making and sharing this!! i'm a university student and i've been working with a lot of literary analysis over the last two years, but it's been difficult to grasp the concepts of analysis itself, and to put together ideas and arguments despite understanding the content the way you demonstrated for the “edward the emu” story. it helped me understand the specifics a little better and i'm hoping to practice more in my own time! :)
I was searching for videos which will help me to write better and also help me to understand the things that I am reading and your video has been really helpful it has helped me to accept the fact the it's okay to start from scratch and make meaning out of it as you go ahead. Thank you
I've been taught all this in school, or at least learned it there, but never in this kind of concise and approachable way. Thank you for the video, it allowed me to re-structure and revisit a lot of information, and it helped a lot!
18:06 as a queer survivor of conversion torture I actually got the opposite message because conversion torturists used to argue our gender identity [as trans people] came from a lack of socializing with people of our assigned gender. For sexuality, this is the argument that you just need the right man. On top of that, the zoo looks very carceral.
The mandatory straight love interest at the end, not only reinforces amatonormativity but then also suggests we should bias our readings to heteronormativity/anti-queer/"no homo" readings. Like even "the ugly duckling" has a community of swans at the end, while this book has only 1 other emu to make house with. This resolution conflates sexuality/dating with gender identity.
OOF SO TRUE
I think this video was really important to me, because something that has always been implied and that existed somewhere in my brain finally made sense. I finally know what it is and how I can use it, how I can do to make it better, more accurate, argumentative. like this whole video just made so much sense
Thank you so much for making this video! I love English lit classes and I love the idea of analyzing texts, but I usually feel stuck at the very beginning. Questions like: “how do I do it” “is my idea even good” “what do I need to say to prove what I’m thinking” have always caused me to procrastinate writing papers. This video was so so helpful and I cannot wait for the next installments in the series. ❤
Coming from a stem background I've only recently, after graduating college, begun to critically analyze media that I interact with. My partner, an English major, recommended that I look into some basics of CLA, and I loved your video! Can't wait to tell my friends that all the main characters in the Yakuza video game series are actually the embodiment of their yakuza back tattoos! I mean, one-man-army'ing is fun and cool, but not one person alive could do it.
Very clear and easy to understand. I really look forward to the poetry analysis.
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO, you basically taught me more than my profs who only yap about the texts rather than Actually teaching us how to apply this techniques and analysis, this is such a life saver and changing video and I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THIS 😭❤
I just wanted to say, from the bottom of my IB English heart, thank you so much for this video. I’ve always struggled with literary analysis and it was a source of a lot of insecurity in my papers. I hope you have a wonderful day fitting of a wonderful person!!
This video was incredibly helpful. I've been trying to better understand and interpret the novels I have been reading so I might appreciate them more and this video gave me the perfect stepping stone to do that. I have already found it helpful with other mediums like film too. Trying to find something to give me that push into beginning to analyze the content I consume has not been easy but this video did it. You summed everything up concisely, intelligently, and in a very easy-to-understand way. You gave me new notions to consider as I read and I really hope you continue to make content like this.
i came here because of the youtube algorithm from watching video essays as background noise, and now im listening to someone using Bungou Stray Dogs as an example of literary analysis and then tearing up over someone explaining a children's book.
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You present your material in a very organized fashion; it's easy to follow along w/you while taking notes in outline form. I loved Edward Emu (text). Great job w/your analysis! Again, thanks & love your style. I'll be following along as I have a 3-week break in between terms here in Iraqi Kurdistan- where I lecture Reading 100 though analysis of the Hero's Journey among other things.
This is a great introductory video for critical analysis, I think it being "Too easy" would be a good thing, and this could appeal to people of multiple skill levels. Nice video! If I was a teacher struggling with my students i'd probably send this video their way. It had good examples that current students can relate to and you were very open and friendly the whole time. anyhoo nice stuff