Contextual influence
What Contextual influence means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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An understanding of contexts, historical or social, integrated to explain why texts converge or diverge and how the era of production influences writers' choices and the texts' reception.
Exploring how historical and literary backgrounds shape the texts, with relevant contextual knowledge integrated to illuminate their meaning.
Historical, social and cultural backgrounds that shape literary works and must be integrated into analysis to show how they shape meaning.
The significance and influence of the contexts in which texts are written and received, which this paper demands a deep understanding of.
The shaping of reception by cultural and historical contexts, so that the context of a reader influences their understanding of a text.
The relationship between the text's internal world and the external contextual values of the era in which it was produced.
Topics that use Contextual influence
- 2b. Content of A Level in English Literature (H472) (OCR A-Level)
- 2c. Content of Comparative and contextual study (Component 02) (OCR A-Level)
- 3m. Synoptic assessment (OCR A-Level)
- Comparative and contextual study (Component 02) - Topics and set texts: Comparative essay (OCR A-Level)
- Literature post-1900 (Component 03) - Task 2: Comparative essay (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Critical reception
- Textual Analysis
- Academic expression
- Comparative analysis
- Comparative literary analysis
- Critical interpretations
- Genre conventions
- Textual synthesis
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