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    MODULE 3

    Context
    in Literary Works

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    MODULE 3

    CONTEXT
    The simple definition of context is the
    background information surrounding a
    subject. It provides meaning and
    clarity to the intended message of the
    literary text.
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    Basic Facts
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    Context clues in a literary work


    create a relationship between
    the writer and reader, giving a
    deeper understanding of the
    intent and direction of the
    writing.
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    Basic Facts
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    Literary context is background


    information or circumstances the
    author provides to inform why
    something is taking place;
    context can also be the backstory
    of a character, provided to inform
    their behavior and personality.
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    Basic Facts
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    The reason that context is


    important when studying
    literature is that it gives us an
    idea of what was going on
    around the time that the text
    was produced especially when
    it is an older text.
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    Basic Facts
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    Researching the context of a text


    acknowledges that literature is a product
    of the culture and politics of its time. Its
    themes may still be relevant in the
    modern age, but it is difficult to fairly
    judge, critic, and interpret these texts if
    we do not consider the context in which it
    was written.
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    Basic Facts
    MODULE 3 Types of Context
    for Literary Works
    • Author's Context
    • Reader's Context
    • Social Context
    • Cultural Context
    • Historical Context
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    • Ideological Context
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    1. Author's Context
    It is knowing about the writer's
    life, values, assumptions, gender,
    race, sexual orientation, and the
    political and economic issues
    related to the author.
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    2. Reader's Context
    It is about the reader's
    previous reading experience,
    values, assumptions, political
    and economic issues.
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    3. Social Context
    The social context of a text is
    the way in which the features
    of the society it is set in impact
    on its meaning.
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    There are two aspects to social


    context: the kind of society in
    which the characters live, and the
    one in which the author’s text
    was produced.
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    4. Cultural Context
    Beliefs, religion, marriage, food,
    and clothing, are all elements of
    cultural context that sometimes
    need to be provided in order to
    fully understand an author’s story.
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    5. Historical Context
    Providing the time period and its
    current events can inform the general
    mood of the era, setting the stage for
    the tone of your piece of writing and
    creating an understanding of the
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    society at the time.
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    Historical context can inform the


    atmosphere for your audience, giving
    them context for how people felt and
    behaved during that period in history,
    the clothing styles of the time, or even
    the specific word choice (like slang) that
    was used in that era.
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    6. Ideological Context
    Ideology refers to the systems of
    beliefs and ideas that underpin our
    attitudes and behavior. Such
    ideology may be valued by society as
    a whole, or be the basis of conflict.
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    Ideology is a context that is in


    many ways ‘invisible’. This is
    because our own is largely
    internalized and normalized, we
    act accordingly to our
    assumptions and social norms.
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    MODULE 3 Basic Steps In Analyzing Context
    in a Literary Work
    1. Read the carefully.
    2. Identify the following in a literary
    text:
    ▪ Who is speaking
    ▪ What experience each brings to
    the conversation
    ▪ What they are speaking about
    ▪ Where the conversation is taking
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    place
    MODULE 3 Basic Steps In Analyzing Context
    in a Literary Work
    3. Research on the following:
    ▪ author’s life
    ▪ the social and cultural setting
    where & when the text was written
    OR where & when the characters
    in the story (or persona in the
    poem) have lived
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    MODULE 3
    Padre Faura Witness
    the Execution of Rizal
    Danton Remoto
    I stand on the roof
    Of the Ateneo municipal,
    Shivering
    On this December morning.

    Months ago,
    Pepe came to me
    In the observatory.
    I thought we would talk
    31 About the stars
    That do not collide.
    MODULE 3

    In the sky:
    Instead, he asked me about purgatory
    (His cheeks still ruddy
    From the sudden sun
    After the bitter winter
    In Europe)

    And on this day


    With the years beginning to turn,
    Salt things my eyes.
    I see Pepe,
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    A blur
    Between the soldiers
    With their Mausers raised
    And the early morning’s

    Star:
    Still shimmering
    Even if millons of miles away,
    The star itself
    Is already dead.

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    Padre Faura Witness
    The Execution of Rizal
    Danton Remoto

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    MODULE 3 Earnest Wish
    Lydia S. Villanueva
    I will
    Count the multitude of stars
    The leaves in all the branches
    The flock of birds perched in the loft
    The blades of grass in the meadow
    And the cogon flowers in the air.

    I will
    Listen to the sound of breeze
    To the rustling of leaves
    To the chirping of birds
    34 To the buzzing of the bees
    To the flapping of butterfly’s wings.
    I will
    MODULE 3 Tend the garden
    Rearrange the stones in a pile
    Weed the grass in the field
    Harvest the fruits in season
    And do again all of these.

    Let us
    Bring the front liners back home
    Fight the unforeseen enemy
    Help the new beginning
    Contribute to the humanity
    Flatten the curve
    Stay at home! perched in the loft
    35 The blades of grass in the meadow
    And the cogon flowers in the air.
    MODULE 3 Earnest Wish
    Lydia S. Villanueva

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