Social, Cultural And Literary Context In Prose
Aperçu
Every novel you study was written by somebody, inside a society with rules about who may speak, who may marry, who may lead and who may be ignored. It was also written inside a library: a tradition of other books it borrows from, argues with or refuses to imitate. And the moment it left the writer's desk it began a second life, read by strangers in other countries and other decades who found in it things the writer never planned.
This note is about those three pressures: the social and cultural codes a text grows out of, the literary movement or genre it belongs to, and the changing reception that has followed it since publication. Handled well, context is not a paragraph you bolt on at the end. It is the reason a character's small decision carries weight, and it is where the highest AO4 marks in Component 1 are actually won.
Objectifs
- Understand social and cultural contexts including attitudes in society and expectations of different cultural groups
- Understand the literary context of the text including literary movements or genres
- Understand how texts are received and engaged with by different audiences at different times
Note de cours
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Vous rencontrerez un mélange de types de questions, y compris des questions à choix multiple, des questions à réponse courte et des questions de rédaction. Chaque question est soigneusement conçue pour évaluer différents aspects de vos connaissances et de vos compétences en pensée critique.
Utilisez cette section d'évaluation comme une occasion de renforcer votre compréhension du sujet et d'identifier les domaines où vous pourriez avoir besoin d'étudier davantage. Ne soyez pas découragé par les défis que vous rencontrez ; considérez-les plutôt comme des opportunités de croissance et d'amélioration.
- Which assessment objective in Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Literature covers understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written? A) AO1 B) AO2 C) AO3 D) AO4 Answer: D
- Which of these is an example of LITERARY context rather than social or cultural context? A) The Ewells live behind the Maycomb town dump B) The Joy Luck Club is built from sixteen linked first-person stories rather than one continuous narrative C) Only a first-born male may inherit the chief's office in Whangara D) Crooks sleeps in a room attached to the barn Answer: B
- Of Mice and Men was written so that it could be performed almost as written. Which feature of the novella best shows this? A) Its use of a child narrator B) Its enclosed settings and scenes opened by set-like descriptions, with the action carried by dialogue C) Its four sections, each opened by a parable D) Its unreliable first-person narrator Answer: B
- In The Whale Rider, Nanny Flowers repeatedly invokes the ancestress Muriwai. What does Ihimaera achieve by this? A) He shows that Maori tradition should be abandoned B) He places the argument for female leadership inside Maori tradition rather than outside it C) He proves that Koro Apirana is not a genuine chief D) He introduces a European perspective on the story Answer: B
- Which statement about reception is the most accurate? A) A text's meaning is fixed at publication and later readings are mistakes B) Reception only matters for texts that have been filmed C) Different audiences at different times engage with the same text differently, and explaining what each was responding to is stronger than saying earlier readers were wrong D) Reception is part of AO2 because it concerns form and structure Answer: C
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