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    This document provides a playful introduction to understanding the sociohistorical contexts of literature through time. It touches on examining the contexts writers like John Steinbeck, Jane Austen, and William Shakespeare produced their works in, and how understanding different eras can provide insight into the themes and issues authors explore. The document suggests literature is shaped by its social and historical setting.

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    This document provides a playful introduction to understanding the sociohistorical contexts of literature through time. It touches on examining the contexts writers like John Steinbeck, Jane Austen, and William Shakespeare produced their works in, and how understanding different eras can provide insight into the themes and issues authors explore. The document suggests literature is shaped by its social and historical setting.

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    A PLAYFUL
    INTRODUCTION TO THE
    SOCIOHISTORICAL
    Contexts OF
    EVERYTHING THAT HAS
    EVER BEEN WRITTEN

    ...

    Task: Stories set in Chch What might they contain?


    People

    Settings

    Themes

    Action

    is context important?
    John Steinbeck? 1930

    Jane Austen? 1800

    William Shakespeare? 1600

    Plato? 400BC

    The Bachelor NZ Why is


    this a thing?

    WHY WOULD THIS


    CARTOON GET MADE AND
    BE POPULAR?

    The Kite Runner - Khaled


    Hosseini 2003

    Saturday - Ian McEwen


    2005

    1984 - George Orwell 1948

    OLIVER TWIST - Charles


    Dickens 1837-39

    The popularity of dystopian


    Why?
    Come up with a reason, please!
    narratives

    Questions
    Literature is interested in the complex space shared by reader and
    writer.

    The digital age has reshaped literature.

    As the social fabric decays, the literature that emerges is more intense.

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