Literary Reading through a Sociocultural Context and Linguistic Context Flashcards
What are the reasons to read literature through a sociocultural context? (2)
1.) Reading using the sociocultural context helps you understand the social, economic, political, and cultural forces affecting the work that you are reading.
2.) Analyzing the sociocultural context of the text makes you examine the role of the
audience (readers) in shaping literature.
What are some guide questions used when you are reading literature through the sociocultural context? (5)
1.) What is the relationship between the characters or the speakers in the text and their
society?
2.) Does the text explicitly address issues of gender, race, or class? How does the text
resolve these issues?
3.) Who has the power? Who does not? What is the reason for this setup?
How does this story reflect the nation? What does this say about the country and its
inhabitants?
4.) Who has the economic or social power? Is there oppression or class struggle? How do the characters overcome this? Does money or finances play a large role in the
narrative?
5.) What is the prevailing social order? Does the story or poem accept or challenge it?
What are the (6) perspectives that can be used in reading through a sociocultural context?
Marxism, Feminism, Queer Theory, Historicism, Postcolonialism, and New Historicism.
We must set our personal ideologies away when using the sociocultural context and not be biased.
True
What is sociocultural?
Involves the combination of social and cultural factors.
What are some reasons to read using the linguistic context? (2)
1.) Reading the text on its own, regardless of the author’s biography and sociocultural context may help you understand the literary text by analyzing the words, sentences, patterns, imagery, etc. of the text.
2.) Analyzing the literary text’s grammar, syntax, or phonemic pattern may help you find the meaning of the text within its form and help you interpret it by simply analyzing the
content of the literary work.
What are the strategies you may use to read a text through the linguistic context? (6)
1.) Analyze the diction or choice of words in the text.
2.) Examine the texts’ syntax or use of sentences, clauses, phrases, line cuts, etc.
- Observe the use of figurative language.
- Analyze the mood and tone of the text.
- Observe the text’s overall structure.
- Analyze the content of the text.
What are some guide questions that may help when reading literature through the linguistic context? (8)
- What were the striking words in the text? What words were unfamiliar to you? Which
words attracted your attention? What words were dramatic? - What nouns are the most prominent? Are these concrete or abstract nouns? What
about verbs? Does the author use common words or lofty diction? Are the words short
or long? Is there any word that has two or more meanings? - Are the sentences in the usual order of subject-predicate? What are the dependent
clauses? What are the independent clauses? If you restructure a sentence or a phrase,
would it make a difference? Is the voice active or passive? Is there a rhythm in the
sentence structure in relation to the length of the sentences or lines? - What literary devices are used? Are there images? Do those images stand for anything aside from their literal meaning?
- What is the tone? Is the speaker happy about the subject? Is the tone negative or
positive? - What is the structure of the text? Is it a narrative? Is it linear or nonlinear? What is the
point of view of the text? Is it a poem? What type of poem is it? - Does the language help in delivering and understanding its content? Is there a theme? What is it saying about its subject matter? How do the literary elements contribute to the effectiveness of the text?
- What is the text saying about the world in general?
What are the (3) perspectives in reading using the linguistic context?
Structuralism, Formalism, Poststructuralism
