21st Long test

Question 1

• background information about the author’s life
• connection of a particular work to the author’s life

Answer 1

Biographical Context

Question 2

• language used in the literary text and how it is used to convey meaning

Answer 2

Linguistic Context

Question 3

• reflection or response to the society in which they were written, and often times that response takes the form of criticism
• understanding the social, economic, political and cultural forces affecting the literary work

Answer 3

Socio-Historical/Socio-Cultural Context

Question 4

• Everything happens somewhere.
• regional writer
• influence of dialect in the text

Answer 4

Geographical Context

Question 5

• political events and beliefs

Answer 5

Political Context

Question 6

• inclusion of ethics (questions of morality and behavior), pleasure and pain, fate and free will, kindness and cruelty, and anything else concerning human actions
• purpose of life, the nature of God or the universe, right versus wrong, death, etc.

Answer 6

Philosophical/Religious Context

Question 7

• theories of human behavior

Answer 7

Psychological Context