21st Century Literature Lec Week #4

1. CONTEXT AND TEXT’S
MEANING
LESSON 4

2. MELC
Discuss how different contexts
enhance the text’s meaning and enrich
the reader’s understanding

3. CONTEXT is the overall set-up of a
story based on the contributing
factors like setting (time and place),
situations or events

4. CONTEXT is defined as the
circumstances that form the setting of
events, statements, or ideas and in
the way of which it can be fully
understood and assessed

5. CONTEXT
WRITER’S CONTEXT
READER’S CONTEXT
TEXT’S CONTEXT
SOCIAL CONTEXT

6. WRITER’S CONTEXT
It is the idea of the author as he/she
writes the story based on his/her
beliefs, experiences in life, and
personal background. (writer’s world)

7. READER’S CONTEXT
It is the perception/ interpretation of
the reader on the story based on
his/her personal experiences and
knowledge. (reader’s world)

8. TEXT’S CONTEXT
It is the overall idea of the text; if it just
discusses a certain topic or it is a representation
of the author’s experiences in life. Simply put,
this is what the text is all about.

9. SOCIAL CONTEXT
It features the society in which the
characters live and in which the author's text
was produced. Simply put, it is the world
where the story is based.

10. Novel: Noli Me Tangere by Dr. Jose Rizal
Writer’s Context: The idea of the author is to expose
the situation of the Filipinos during the Spanish
colonization. His personal background and experiences
helped him to narrate the events since he used to live
during that period.

11. Novel: Noli Me Tangere by Dr. Jose Rizal
Reader’s Context: As I read the novel, I realized how
many symbolisms were used to hide the identity of the
actual persons pertained to in every chapter. Based on
its structure, I could say that it is a novel because it is
composed of many chapters. (I learned symbolisms
and novel in our English subject).

12. Novel: Noli Me Tangere by Dr. Jose Rizal
Text’s Context: It is a novel with lots of chapter
highlighting the author’s representation of
Filipino’s life during the Spanish regime.

13. Novel: Noli Me Tangere by Dr. Jose Rizal
Social context: The novel is a representation of the actual
society during the Spanish colonization. The characters are
types of people in our society back then. The places and
situations were also representations of what really
happened to some Filipinos that time.

14. The context of poems, stories, and novels are
shaped by the words used by the author.
In POETRY, there are a lot of symbolisms,
figures of speech, and imagery used to create
an aesthetic effect to the readers.

15. Symbolisms are words representing the actual things
we are pertaining to. They could be used in poetry and
stories
Examples:
dove= peace,
black cat= bad luck,
four-leaf clover= luck

16. Imagery is used to create a picture in the reader's
mind through words which appeal to the senses
Examples:
cold summer breeze= senses of touch
silhouettes during sunset= sense of sight
mouth-watery dishes= sense of taste

17. Types of Imagery (Menoy 2016)
Visual imagery produced by the use of words that
appeal to the sense of sight.
Auditory Imagery produced by the use of words
that appeal to the sense of hearing.
Kinesthetic imagery produced by the use of words
that appeal to the actions and movement.

18. Figures of speech are flowery words used to compare and
represent a person, place, thing, animal, and events
 Simile (indirect comparison) Ex.You are as beautiful as a
goddess.
 Metaphor (direct comparison) Ex. You are a snake.
(traitor)
 Personification (using action words for nonliving things)
Ex. The wind is blowing.

19.  Onomatopoeia (use of sounds to express
something) Ex. broom...broom…
 Apostrophe (talking to someone who cannot
respond in reality) Ex. Are you there, God?
 Oxymoron (using two contradicting words to
describe something) Ex. beautiful disaster

20. ACTIVITY: Give the various forms
of context of the given literary
works.

21. Sa Aking Mga Kababata
ni Dr. Jose P. Rizal

22. Sa Aking Mga Kababata
ni Dr. Jose P. Rizal
Kapagka ang baya’y sadyang umiibig
Sa langit salitang kaloob ng langit
Sanlang kalayaan nasa ring masapi

23. Katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid
Pagka’t ang salita’y isang kahatulan
Sa bayan, sa nayo't mga kaharian

24. At ang isang tao’y katulad, kabagay
Ng alin mang likha noong kalayaan.
Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita
Mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda

25. Kaya ang marapat pagyamanin kusa
Na tulad sa inang tunay na nagpala
Ang wikang Tagalog tulad din sa Latin,
Sa Ingles, Kastila, at salitang anghel,

26. Sapagkat ang Poong maalam tumingin
Ang siyang naggagawad, nagbibigay sa atin.
Ang salita nati’y tulad din sa iba

27. Na may alfabeto at sariling letra,
Na kaya nawala’y dinatnan ng sigwa
Ang lunday sa lawa noong dakong una.

28. WRITER’S CONTEXT
READER’S CONTEXT
TEXT’S CONTEXT
SOCIAL CONTEXT

29. Direction: The author used imagery in the poem below, such as visual,
auditory, and kinesthetic. Find those lines and write them in the diagram.

30. Directions: The author used imagery in the poem below, such as visual,
auditory, and kinesthetic. Find those lines and write them in the diagram.

31. Assignment: Give 3 examples for each
figure of speech.
-Simile
-Metaphor
-Personification
-Onomatopoeia
-Apostrophe
-Oxymoron