
1. What is context?
1.1. It's information that gives the setting to the story.
2. Forms of context
2.1. AUTHOR’S CONTEXT VS. READER’S CONTEXT
2.1.1. Your current social and cultural context can have a great influence on how you read a text, so it’s always important to imagine the author’s own context
2.2. SOCIAL CONTEXT
2.2.1. The social context of a text is the way in which the features of the society it is set in impact on its meaning.
2.3. HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
2.3.1. Important when large changes have occurred between the time the work was produced, and our current day, so it is not assessed by our own concerns alone.
2.4. CULTURAL CONTEXTS
2.4.1. Especially important to note if the author is attempting to make a comment on an aspect of culture, or the clash of two cultures.
2.5. IDEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS
2.5.1. Ideology refers to the systems of beliefs and ideas that underpin our attitudes and behavior.
3. Types of context
3.1. Backstory
3.1.1. The story of the characters
3.2. Environment
3.2.1. The ambient where it takes place
3.3. Life Changing situation
3.3.1. Something that ocurred that affected the life of the characters
3.4. Memory / Anecdote
3.4.1. A flashback to something important to the story