Context

• Context


  Refers to the background information of an event, idea, or statement.
• Types of context

  • Biographical
  • Historical
  • Socio-cultural
  • Sociopolitical (Social issues, political, religion)
• Biographical context


  The author's life as his motivation for writing
• Historical


  The written text reflects the society at the time it was written
• Sociocultural context


  The social and cultural environment depicted in the story
• Sociopolitical context


  The overlapping of social and political arenas in their influence over a literary text

  • Political
  • Social issues
  • Religion