Context
Assessment Objective AO4 asks you to: "demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which literary texts are written and received" Context simply means the ideas and facts surrounding a text that enhance our understanding of a text or influence our reading. Here are some of the contexts that are important for these texts: Social and cultural history Political and economic history Religious attitudes and ideas Attitudes towards women Other literary figures and works of the period Biographical details of the authors The history of how the texts were received and still are Conventions of drama and poetry Use the buttons at the top of this page to select the relevant context. |