Literary Reading through a Sociocultural Context Flashcards
refers to different schools of thought and bodies of ideas that can be used as a tool in understanding a literary text.
literary theory
of, relating to, or involving a combination of social and cultural factors.
sociocultural
the set or system of social structures, institutions, norms, customs that conserve, maintain, or enforce patterns of relations and behavior.
social order
a systematic body of concepts or beliefs about life or culture.
ideology
a cup used to hold wine.
chalice
Literature shows class struggle and materialism. Thus, it looks into the social classes portrayed in the work.
Marxism
The feminist perspective examines the role of the women in the text.
Feminism
The queer perspective is concerned with the experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Queer Theory
a perspective dealing with the history that influenced the writing of literature
Historicism
a literary perspective that looks into the changes in the attitude of the post colonies after the colonial period
Postcolonialism
It focuses not only on the history when the literary text was written but also how history happened.
New Historicism
