Your paper should focus on what social factors influenced the author to write the book and how the book in turn prompted social change. Your research will focus on the author, the social norms and historical/political events of the time the text was published, any literary criticism or discussion you can find from experts, and how the text was influenced and is still influential. Determine the genre of the text, do some research on it, and provide your own analysis as to how the text meets those expectations of the genre requirements.
Research:
Author: biography of author – consider what life events, cultural influences (race, religion, nationality, gender, age, etc.), beliefs, or opinions influenced the author and are exposed in the text. What year was the text published? What historical or political events were going on that may have influenced the author and the text?
Audience: Consider social norms of the intended audience. Think about how historical and/or political events may have affected the intended audience’s perception of the text. What assumptions might the audience have? What about their cultural influences?
Text: What makes the text stand on its own as a valuable and classical piece of literature? Consider rhetorical tools (logos, pathos, ethos, Kairos, exigence). If it is a fictional book, consider elements of fiction: plot, point of view, characterization, setting, tone and style, themes, and symbolism.
Reality: How accurate does the author represent the world and universal truths? How factual are the descriptions to real world? How does the author make the text, characters, and message relatable to the reader?
Critic: (you) What experiences, beliefs, assumptions, cultural influences, etc. affect you and your take on the book?
Influence: What social/global influences helped shape the book, and what social change did the book help create in return?
Genre: What genre is the text? Does it meet genre requirements? Why is genre important?
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