Context In Modern Prose
Overview
Every modern prose text on this course runs on two clocks. One is the year the story happens in: Umuofia in the 1890s, Maycomb in the middle of the Depression, a near future that is never dated. The other is the year the writer sat down to tell it, from a particular town, a particular family and a particular set of reasons for wanting the story told at all. Contextual reading is what happens when you hold both clocks at once.
This note covers the two contextual factors that sit closest to the text itself: the writer's own life and individual situation, and the historical setting, time and location of the work. It also teaches the discipline that makes contextual knowledge worth marks. Context is credited when it changes an interpretation, and ignored when it is simply recited.
Objectives
- Understand the influence of contextual factors on the interpretation of texts
- Understand the writer's own life and individual situation where these relate to the text
- Understand the historical setting, time and location of the text
Lesson Note
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Lesson Evaluation
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Use this evaluation section as an opportunity to reinforce your understanding of the topic and to identify any areas where you may need additional study. Don't be discouraged by any challenges you encounter; instead, view them as opportunities for growth and improvement.
- Which assessment objective rewards understanding of the relationship between a text and its contexts? A) AO1 B) AO2 C) AO3 D) AO4 Answer: D
- Things Fall Apart is set in the 1890s. When was it published? A) 1938 B) 1958 C) 1960 D) 1987 Answer: B
- To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the mid 1930s. When was it published? A) 1935 B) 1949 C) 1960 D) 1971 Answer: C
- What is the deletion test? A) Removing every quotation to check the argument still stands B) Crossing out a contextual fact to see whether the interpretation built on it changes C) Deleting the introduction and starting again D) Removing all first person pronouns from an essay Answer: B
- Why is Klara and the Sun an unusual case for contextual analysis? A) It has no named author B) It is set in the distant past C) It gives no date, no named country and no history, so the only available context is the moment of writing D) It was written before its author was born Answer: C
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