Unit 1 Flashcards
biography/autobiography
belief system
other works
year
significant events/circumstances
drafts/changes/aspect/effect
representative
You should not assume that all works are
confessional, biographical, or even “true to life.”
A literary text is according to the author’s
perspective and will be heavily influenced by him
or her, but it is not the only way of studying
literature.
understand the social, economic, political, and
cultural forces affecting the work that you are
reading.
Analyzing the sociocultural context of the text makes
you examine the role of the audience (readers) in
shaping literature.
relationship between the characters or
the speakers in the text and their society
text explicitly address issues of gender,
race, or class/text resolve these issues
power, without power, reason of power
reflect the nation, what is says about country and inhabitants
economic or social power/oppression or class struggle/overcome/money or finances
prevailing social order/ accept or challenge
Literary Theories
Marxism
Feminism
Queer Theory
Historicism
Postcolonialism
New Historicism
Literature shows class struggle and
materialism. Thus, it looks into the
social classes portrayed in the work.
Marxism
perspective examines the
role of the women in the literature.
Feminism
The queer perspective is concerned
with the queer or the third gender
(LGBT).
Queer Theory
a perspective dealing
with the history that influenced the
writing of literature.
Historicism
a literary
perspective that looks into the
changes in the attitude of the post
colonies after the colonial period.
Postcolonialis
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It focuses not only on the history
when the literary text was written, but
also how the history happened.
New
Historicism
diction/choice of words
syntax/use of sentences, clauses, phrases, line cuts, etc.
figurative language
mood and tone
overall structure
content
striking words/nfamiliar words/attention attracted words/dramatic words
prominant noun/concrete or abstract/verbs/use common words or lofty diction/short words or long words/word with tow or more words
sentences in the usual order subject-predicate/dependent clauses/independent clauses/restructure/activee or passive/rhythm in relation to length
literary devices/images
tone/negative or postive
structure/narrative/linear or nonlinear/point of view/poem/type of poem
language, theme
what it says in general
may not follow grammatical rules
characteristics of the language
literary apporaches focusing on language
structuralism
formalism/new criticism
poststructuralism
relays the texts being
examined to a larger structure.
Structuralism
a school of literary
criticism and literary theory that
focuses on the structure of a
particular text
Formalism/new criticism
In the linguistic context, there may
be underlying structures that may
have different interpretations based
on how the words or phrases were
used in the text.
Poststructuralis
m
text says
restatement
text does
description
text means
interpretation
Before you begin reading the text, preview it by gathering
important information about it.
Who wrote the text? What are the author’s other works?
Where and when was the text published? What were the major
events around the time the text was written or published?
What can you infer about the text based on the title?
What seems to be the general progression or organization of ideas
based on the chapter titles or section headings and subheadings?
What is your purpose for reading the text?
Previewing
involves highlighting or making notes of
important ideas in the text.
With a pencil or a pen in hand, underline important ideas such
as the thesis, topic sentences, and key concepts. Also,
highlight unfamiliar words so you can look them up later.
Make notes such as questions and comments or responses on
the margins as you read.
Develop a symbol system. You may draw symbols to mark
important words
Annotating
you consider the historical,
cultural, or biographical context of the text.
Contextualizin
you identify the basic structure of the
text and make connections between those ideas.
Outlining
