- Material analysis. Talk about the book as a material object. Examine the cover, the sleeve jacket, the author’s note, the pages, the weight, the typeface, the formatting, the chapter organization, and so on. What do you notice about its production? Are there different versions or editions of the book? How did the book’s materiality shape your reading experience? What else do you notice?
- Cultural-historical analysis. Talk about the book and the book’s setting(s) in terms of their cultural and historical contexts (time period, region, and other contextual information). Do some research into it. What connections can you make? What else do you notice?
- Narrative analysis. Talk about storytelling. What features of the narrative stand out to you and why (narration, characterization, perspective, implied readership, etc.)?
- Reader response analysis. Talk about your own reaction to the story. Be very detailed and walk us through specific passages from the book as examples. Why does the book, or certain passages, elicit these responses from you? What else do you notice?
- Power analysis. Talk about the distribution of power within the book. What kinds of power exist? How are those different kinds of power distributed among characters, groups, and institutions? How do age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, and ability play roles in this distribution? What else do you notice?
- Pedagogical analysis. Talk about how you would engage students with the book. What social narratives today does the book engage? If you would incorporate it into your classroom somehow, explain why or for what purpose—what is your motivation for doing so? Explain why you would or would not assign this book as a common read or include it in your classroom library for independent reading. How would you chaperone the text for students? And so on.
Your responses must demonstrate, above all else, that you have read the assigned readings closely and thoughtfully. You will need to be very detailed in your responses, referring to and citing specific words, scenes, and/or passages as textual evidence for your ideas, observations, and interpretations. This attention to detail will also be necessary when you are applying, exploring, or contending the research of others as it applies to your own close readings of the primary texts.
There is an online source you need to cite from
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-hermione-harry-potter-play_n_56784a40e4b014efe0d6389c
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