Cultural context
“A reader can feel uncomfortable with the
values and attitudes presented in
texts.”
(a)
Show how this statement might apply to one text on your comparative
course.
(b)
Compare the extent to which the values and attitudes that you
encountered in two other texts made you feel uncomfortable.
Social
Setting
“Social setting has many aspects including
the roles of men and women, race, religion, social class
etc.”
(a)
Write about the aspect of social setting that you found most
interesting in one of your three texts. Explain why you found it to be
so.
(b)
With reference to at least one other text, compare and contrast
the same aspect of social setting that you dealt with in (a). Refer to both
texts.
“A reader can feel uncomfortable with the
values and attitudes presented in
texts.”
(a)
Show how this statement might apply to one text on your comparative
course.
(b)
Compare the extent to which the values and attitudes that you
encountered in two other texts made you feel uncomfortable.
Social
Setting
“Social setting has many aspects including
the roles of men and women, race, religion, social class
etc.”
(a)
Write about the aspect of social setting that you found most
interesting in one of your three texts. Explain why you found it to be
so.
(b)
With reference to at least one other text, compare and contrast
the same aspect of social setting that you dealt with in (a). Refer to both
texts.