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Literary Context

Literary context provides background information about a work to help readers understand its characters, events, and the author's intentions. There are different types of context, including biographical context about the author's life experiences; linguistic context regarding word choices and syntax; and sociocultural context involving social, economic and cultural influences during the time it was written. Understanding these contexts helps bridge the gap between authors and readers to improve comprehension.

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Literary Context

Literary context provides background information about a work to help readers understand its characters, events, and the author's intentions. There are different types of context, including biographical context about the author's life experiences; linguistic context regarding word choices and syntax; and sociocultural context involving social, economic and cultural influences during the time it was written. Understanding these contexts helps bridge the gap between authors and readers to improve comprehension.

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LITERARY

CONTEXT
LITERARY CONTEXT
It is the background information or circumstances
you provide to inform why something is taking place;
it can be the back story of the character, provide to
inform their behavior and personality.
LITERARY CONTEXT
Literary context’s role is to bridge the gap between
authors and their audiences, strengthening reader’s
comprehension and preventing miscommunication of
the writer’s intent.
There are different contexts that a
literary piece may contain. And these
are the following;
✓ Biographical context
✓ Linguistic context
✓ Sociocultural Context
BIOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT

It can be the author’s background. Through


studying the author, you may be able to
connect the characters and their morals to
the author’s life, and analyse the patterns of
behaviour shown between and among the
characters, the author, and you as a reader.
BIOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT

It includes the year the text was written or


published, and characters and situations in
the text that could be representative of or are
similar to the ones in the author’s life.
BIOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT

For some readers, they tend to do a


research about the author in order for them
to be able to fully understand a literary text.
Reading the author’s biography or
autobiography helps you see how much his
experiences shape his work directly and
indirectly.
CATCH A FALLING STAR BY CRISTINA
PANTOJA HIDALGO
It is a collection of realistic short stories that revolve around
a child character named Trissy or Patriciang Payatot. In the
narratives, you would find out that Trissy is not much involved
in outdoor games; she was more inclined to writing, paper doll
making, and other simple crafts. If one tries to research about
the author, she may be classified as a female Filipino writer who
belongs to the intellectual elite; that’s why her writings are
influenced by uppermiddle class situations.
“UNDER MY INVISIBLE UMBRELLA” BY
LAUREL FANTAUZZO

It is a literary essay that talks about a Filipino Italian who


was born in the United States. Because her features are more
Italian than Filipina, she had encountered problems with people
treating her as “extra special” in the Philippines, but she finds it
more isolating than welcoming. Fantauzzo’s way of writing
reflects a lot about her personal encounters within the
Philippines. To understand her essays better, the reader must
know her background first so that they may know the reasons
behind her dilemmas.
LINGUISTIC CONTEXT

A Linguistic Context is mainly about the language or the


choice of words of the author. This also includes
sentences, patterns, imagery, etc. of the text. Most of the
readers use some strategies related to linguistics to get to
know more the meaning of a literary peace.
LINGUISTIC CONTEXT
1. Analyze the diction or choice of words in the text.
2. Examine the texts’ syntax or use of sentences, clauses, phrases, line cuts, etc.
 Syntax- is a grammatical structure of words and phrases to create sentences.

-The format in which words and phrases are arranged to create sentences.
 Clauses- a group of words that includes a subject and a verb
 Independent clause- one that can stand alone as a sentence
 Dependent clause- one that cannot stand alone
 Phrase- is one or more words that form a meaningful grammatical unit within a
clause
3. Observe the use of figurative language.
LINGUISTIC CONTEXT
4. Analyze the mood and tone of the text.
 Mood - is the feeling you get while reading a literary text

- An atmosphere of the story


 Tone

- is the author’s attitude toward a subject (word choices and phrases)


5. Observe the text’s overall structure.
6. Analyze the contents of the text.
SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT

A Sociocultural Context is mostly about the social, economic, political, and


cultural forces affecting the work that you are reading. This also includes the
following:
✓ relationship between the characters or the speakers in the text and their
society
✓ issues of gender, race, or class
✓ economic or social power
✓ social order (lower class/middle class/upper class)
✓ literary theories/approaches/perspective
Note: When determining a sociocultural
context in a literary text you are reading, set
aside your political ideologies. Do your best to
be unbiased in reading.

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