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RWS Lesson 5 (Identifying The Context in Which A)

The document discusses the importance of context in understanding literature, highlighting how social, political, and cultural circumstances influence texts. It introduces the concepts of intertext and hypertext, explaining how texts are interconnected and how digital formats allow for non-linear information presentation. Examples from 'West Side Story' and 'Ulysses' illustrate these concepts by showing how they draw from previous works and reflect contemporary issues.

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RWS Lesson 5 (Identifying The Context in Which A)

The document discusses the importance of context in understanding literature, highlighting how social, political, and cultural circumstances influence texts. It introduces the concepts of intertext and hypertext, explaining how texts are interconnected and how digital formats allow for non-linear information presentation. Examples from 'West Side Story' and 'Ulysses' illustrate these concepts by showing how they draw from previous works and reflect contemporary issues.

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Examples:

❖ In the story of “West Side Story” by


Lesson 5: Arthur Laurent, he was inspired to put
into writing the story by gaining
Identifying the Context in which a inspiration from William Shakespeare's
tragic play “Romeo and Juliet”. There are
Text was Developed similarities between Romeo and Juliet,
and Maria and Tony from West Side
Story. Both couple face obstacles to their
Context is defined as the social, political, love, including societal issues and familial
cultural, historical, and other related conflict. The similarities between Maria
circumstances that surround the text that leads and Juliet lie in their forbidden love for
to a better understanding and evaluation of text. men they are not supposed to be with.
In discovering the deeper meaning of a
❖ James Joyce's "Ulysses" is a landmark
text, one may consider identifying the following:
work of modernist literature that
the time/period when the work was intentionally retells the ancient epic poem
written; "The Odyssey" by Homer in a
the circumstances that produced it; and contemporary setting specifically Dublin,
the issue/s that it deals with. Ireland instead of ancient Greece. Each
chapter in "Ulysses" mirrors an adventure
In addition, when analyzing the context of
of Odysseus in Homer's epic poem. Both
a written text, it is important to identify
protagonist in the story endures personal
intertext and hypertext.
struggles, showcase empathy towards
others, and seek meaning and connection
through life. For Joyce, the purpose of
1. Intertext
this intentional intertextuality was to
Intertext is a term that refers to the indicate that ordinary people can
relationship between different texts. experience something heroic in their
Intertextuality emphasizes how texts are everyday lives.
interconnected and how they influence each
other's meaning. 2. Hypertext
In the 1960s, critic Julia Kristeva Hypertext is a digital format for
introduced the idea of intertextuality, organizing and presenting information in a non-
suggesting that all literature is interconnected, linear manner. In hypertext, text is
and no text is entirely original. Intertextuality interconnected through hyperlinks, allowing
implies that every text is influenced by and users to navigate between different pieces of
borrows from previous literary works, information, creating a network of
highlighting the continual influence of past texts interconnected content. It is commonly used on
on new ones. This underscores the the internet, where hyperlinks enable users to
interconnectedness and relationship between navigate between web pages, but it can also be
earlier and current texts. found in other digital formats such as e-books
and interactive documents.
Example:

❖ Wikipedia Articles

❖ Social Media Post

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