my critical romance

My Critical Romance

From the introduction to critical literacy, I do not have any idea what this subject is all about. When the lecturer give the brief explanation to us, then I have get the idea and get curious to learn this subject in order to get an A for Critical Literacy (COM 4623).

Reflection (UNIT 1: Introduction to Critical Literacy)

This unit had introduced me to a whole new way of approaching a text critically and how to asking a series of key questions. I also focused on a particular kind of awareness that it is important to bring to any reading for example:

· How the author has produced the text?

· With what consumer in mind, and for what purpose?

Being prepared with insight into these factors provides an excellent launch pad for a critical literacy approach.

This unit had stressed more on the text as a product: produced by someone, for someone else, and for particular purpose. This is a very important thing in critical literacy. There are also some interesting questions that had to be considered in this chapter for example:

· Who wrote the text?

· Who is the intended reader?

· Why is it produced?

In this chapter, we had learned ‘The Convicted Killer back at work’ (1998, 22 September). The Daily Paragraph, page 20. From this article, we had learned that picture and heading can give the first expression to the reader on what the article is all about. We also learned the purpose of the article and who write it. The lecturer also had stressed more on the connection between heading and picture of the article.

From this topic, I have learned new information regarding on what is the connection between the heading of the article and the picture, why the article had been published and how is the target reader.

There are a few terminologies that are difficult for me to understand because the writer for “Convicted Killer” had used many terms to explain who Deborah Parry is such as:

· ‘Convicted killer’

· ‘Angle of death killer nurse’

· ‘Convicted of an awful murderer’