IDENTIFYING THE CONTEXT OF TEXT

DEVELOPMENT
CONTEXT
The social, cultural, political, historical and
other related circumstances that surround
the text and form the terms from which it
can be better understood and evaluated.
 IDENTIFYING THE CONTEXT OF TEXT
DEVELOPMENT
HOW TO DISCOVER A READING’S CONTEXT:

1. When was the work written?

2. What were the circumstances that
produced it?
3. What issues does it deal with?
TECHNIQUES IN ANALYZING THE CONTEXT

1. HYPERTEXT

2. INTERTEXT
 HYPERTEXT
A non-linear way of showing
information. Hypertext contains
topics on a screen to related
information, graphics, videos and
music-information.
 INTERTEXT
It is the connection between language,
images, characters, themes, or subjects
depending on their similarities in language,
genre, or discourse. This is seen when an
author barrows and transforms a prior text,
or when you read one text and you
reference another.
 Example:
White house down – Olympus Has fallen

Fault in our stars – A walk to remember

Avengers – X-men

Train to Busan – World War Z

INTERTEXTUAL FIGURES
1. Allusions
2. Quotations
3. Translation
4. Pastiche
5. Parody
 Allusions

A statement that refers to

something without
mentioning it directly
 Example:
1. “Don’t act like a Romeo in front of
my Crush.”
2. “My House is like a Garden of
Eden.”
3. “I am the Isaac Newton of the
SMNHS.”
 Translations

Words that have been

changed from one language
into a different language
 Example:
Atayde – Sugod – Attack
Saranghae – Mahal Kita- I love You
Simple – Hangal -Fool
 Quotation

Something that a person says or

writes that is repeated or used
by someone else in another
piece of writing or a speech
 Pastiche
A literary, artistic, musical, or
architectural work that
imitates the style of previous
work; stylistic imitation
 Example:
Songs of Boyce Avenue
Fliptop Rap Battle
Word Poetry
 Parody
A literary or musical work in
which the style of an author
or work is closely imitated for
comic effect or in ridicule
 Example:
Fifty shades of Black
Hangover Games
Epic Movie
Scary Movie