Context, writers’ purposes and interpretations (AO3)

By the end you’ll be able to

• Relate texts to the social, historical, cultural and literary contexts in which they were written and received (e.g. Jacobean kingship, Victorian morality and class, post-war Britain)
• Integrate context into the argument to explain the writer’s purpose, rather than adding detached historical facts
• Explore how audiences then and now might respond, and weigh alternative interpretations of characters and themes