Download Comparative study of texts and contexts

Comparative study of
texts and contexts
Taming of the Shrew Vs Ten Things I About You
You should look for 4 different things in your texts – The personal attitudes
shown - the social attitudes shown – the cultural attitudes shown – and –
the historical (time and place) ideas shown
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• TTIHAY
personal
social
Cultural
HIstorical
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What “value” (or importance) does the composer put
on the particular social ideas – cultural ideas – and/or
historical ideas… in each text?
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10
things
inequality of
females by
10
forcing them into
things
submissive
roles. (historical
–cultural)
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What “value” (or importance) does the composer put
on the particular social ideas – cultural ideas – and/or
historical ideas… in each text?
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Money (not
truth) motivates
10
10
the man
things
things
(historical –
cultural- social)
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What “value” (or importance) does the composer put
on the particular social ideas – cultural ideas – and/or
historical ideas… in each text?
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10
things
Fathers have
ultimate control
over their
daughter’s lives
(historical –
cultural- social)
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10
things
What “value” (or importance) does the composer put
on the particular social ideas – cultural ideas – and/or
historical ideas… in each text?
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10 things
Individuals who
do not conform to
their social group
are maligned
(social / cultural/
historical)
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10 things…
Kat is an “outcast”
because she
doesn’t “conform”
to The Prom
What “value” (or importance) does the composer put
on the particular social ideas – cultural ideas – and/or
historical ideas… in each text?
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10
things
Individuals in
society must
stick within their
social group
(historical –
cultural- social)
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10
things
How do important ideas about
 the society
 the culture
 the history (time and place) in a text
Change…
when someone - or something - changes the text’s
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society
culture
history (time and place)?