Historical Context: Project Introductions
Hunter Meredith (Spring 2014)
All literature is a product of the time in which it was written. In order to fully understand any work, it is necessary to study the period that produced it.
What was the world like? What circumstances in society prompted the author to write like they did? How were they personally touched? And what does the work itself say about the world that surrounded it?
Click on the titles below to access the various sections of Hunter's project:
Black Death
American Slavery
Gilded Age Women
World War I
The Great Depression
The Holocaust
Jinni Akins (Spring 2015)
By understanding historical context, a reader can deepen their comprehensio of key elements, such as the purpose of the novel and the mindset or language of the characters. The reader can also highlight similarities or differences between past and present eras. By examining the historical context of The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, The Rape of Lucrece by William Shakespeare, and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, . . . [continue reading]
All literature is a product of the time in which it was written. In order to fully understand any work, it is necessary to study the period that produced it.
What was the world like? What circumstances in society prompted the author to write like they did? How were they personally touched? And what does the work itself say about the world that surrounded it?
Click on the titles below to access the various sections of Hunter's project:
Black Death
American Slavery
Gilded Age Women
World War I
The Great Depression
The Holocaust
Jinni Akins (Spring 2015)
By understanding historical context, a reader can deepen their comprehensio of key elements, such as the purpose of the novel and the mindset or language of the characters. The reader can also highlight similarities or differences between past and present eras. By examining the historical context of The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, The Rape of Lucrece by William Shakespeare, and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, . . . [continue reading]