Reception in different contexts (1 Viewer)

[townie]

For module B, wat exactly does it mean when we have to look at reception in different contexts. Does anybody have any websites that looks at that, because i'm having a tough time doing it for speeches (the most awful text to do). Any ideas, all the stuff i've found is waaaay to in depth, i want some simplicity

 

[malkin86]

That'd be really hard.. cos most of them are recentish. Respond to the texts in your own context for starters.

 

[senso]

By reception in different contexts it just means how different contexts have effected the way it is interpeted.
For example, i do king lear, and about 70 years or so after it was written, people didn't like seeing the ending which had everybody dieing. So some dude re-wrote a 'happy ending'..
That's the sort of stuff they are looking for.

 

[silvermoon]

u look at the concepts in the text and see how they relate to the period it was written in. u can also look at it from ur perspective and say that although this issue was a relevant one in the 19--'s, it also resonates with a modern audience due to blah blah blah. i agree though - much easier to do for king lear.