I'm currently in the middle of marking these assessments, and it has become quite evident that some of you don't understand the difference between content and context.
Content is the stuff that is in a text, such as the narrative, themes, dialogue, topics etc.
Whereas, context is the set of circumstances or facts that surround the construction and delivery of a text that influence its meaning or effect.
Let's look at the text below:
As a modern Australian audience, many people would interpret this as sexist, misogynistic, and out of touch with out current values and beliefs. However, when written, this was the point of view many people held within society. When we read it within the context of modern society, we take offence. However, when we read it within the context of the 1950s, we understand that this is the ideology of this society.
So if we were to be writing about the contextual elements that surround this text, we would be discussing the factors that occur socially, historically and culturally that influence the intended meaning and response. You may also discuss how our context resists the original meaning.
Happy writing.
Mrs P.
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