context Flashcards
originates from the notion of weaving together
Context
circumstances that form the setting of events, statements, or ideas and in the way of which it can be fully understood and assessed
Context
knowing about the writer’s life, values, assumptions, gender, race, sexual orientation, and the political and economic issues related to the author
Writer’s Context
about the reader’s previous reading experience, values, assumptions, political and economic issues
Reader’s Context
about its publishing history
Text’s context
part of the larger text such as newspaper, history, events, translated in it
Text’s context
feature the society in which the characters live and in which the author’s text was produced
Social Context and Socio-Cultural
creating a picture in the reader’s mind by using words that appeal to the senses
Imagery
produced by the use of words that appeal to the sense of sight
Visual imagery
produced by the use of words that appeal to the sense of hearing
Auditory Imagery
produced by the use of words that appeal to the actions and movement
Kinesthetic Imagery
reaction to tradition, works that may be interpreted or judged purely from what is apparent in the texts
Formalism/New Criticism
Involves a close reading of the text all information are essential to the interpretation of a work must be found within the work itself
Formalism/New Criticism
may be interpreted as a battle of the sexes or a reaction or result of oppressive patriarchy
Feminism Literature
Concerned with the roles of female characters within works
Feminism Literature
a series of struggles between classes – between the oppressed and the oppressing
Marxism
involves how elements of the class struggle - primarily the difference between the bourgeois and the proletariat - are reflected in the text
Marxism
“examines literature in the cultural, economic and political context in which it is written or received,” exploring the relationships between the artist and society
Sociological Approach
