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Unveiling Literary Significance: Context, Analysis, and Relevance

This essay delves into understanding the context, themes, and relevance of literary texts, exploring style, structure, characters, and more to decipher their enduring importance and relevance. Examining the relationships between texts, it also considers the impact of context on composition and reception. Sample questions and in-depth analysis shed light on the intricate world of literature.

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Unveiling Literary Significance: Context, Analysis, and Relevance

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  1. Paper 2 Essay

  2. It is worth the highest percentage of marks

  3. I have several questions to choose from – I answer one

  4. I can use my text in the examination

  5. As long as I know the text really well I will get a good mark

  6. I need to know about context (time, place, culture, the writer and the historical, social and political backdrop) too!

  7. I need to explore why my texts were significant thenand are still relevant today

  8. If I write about one text and its context really brilliantly then I am guaranteed a good mark

  9. you must comment on the relationships between the two texts studied

  10. I need to know about style the genre, conventions, language techniques, structure as well as characterisation, key themes and plot.

  11. The context of composition - understanding the why and how of then and there The context of reception – my response as a reader in the here and now

  12. Sample questions – the is of thesis • How can we explain the continued interest in a particular work in different contexts and at different times? • What do you think of the assertion that the meaning of a text is fixed and does not change over time? • To what extent do male and female literary characters accurately reflect the role of men and women in society? • How can a literary text’s style and structure reflect the context in which it was written? • How can political pressure or censorship shape the way literary texts are both written and read? • How do literary texts capture the spirit of the times and the values of a culture?

  13. Here’s the Science –y bit: According to the IB - An essay must be… • Structured, coherent and answer the question (the thesis statement – more later!) • Demonstrating an understanding of the contexts in which the texts were written • Exploring the relevance of key themes/ideas which transcend time and place and how they are developed through…the literary craft/style of the work

  14. all human life and experience is here…then and now • gender roles/expectations • conflict • power • oppression • corruption • Idealism • ambition • love • marriage • Parenthood • deceit • Morality • Relationships • duty and sacrifice • mortality • faith/religion/spirituality • materialism • conventions • Rebellion • Happiness • freedom • society • individualism • trust and betrayal • human dignity • And more…

  15. Finally –What is literature? • “Fine writing.” – M Arnold • “Literature should represent an experience – giving something to the reader and employing all the resources of language…”Barrell • “Writings that are valued for their beauty of form.” Oxford English Dictionary • “Writing that has permanence and value – literature is the truth - that’s what makes it literature.” Wain • “The energy of mind and imagination released by the creative beauty of words.” L.C. Knights

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