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This document discusses social themes in fiction. It defines social themes as ideas or messages that apply directly to societal issues such as those concerning a particular neighborhood, region, or community. Typical social themes deal with issues like poverty, racism, crime, discrimination, sexism, climate change and unemployment. The document provides tips for identifying social themes in literature such as looking for characters struggling against social obstacles and examining how social factors contribute to a character's situation. It also suggests determining the extent conflicts are caused by forces beyond a character's control.
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The Victorian Era
The Victorian EraHannah Clzianoski The Victorian Era document provides background information on Victorian literature and themes. It discusses that Victorian literature was written during Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 to 1901. Major events during this time included rapid population growth, technological advances, and Darwin's theory of evolution. Popular Victorian authors included Robert Browning, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Charles Darwin, and Henry David Thoreau. Common Victorian themes centered around issues like social classes, industrialization, and the conflict between science and religion. The document also provides brief biographies of Alfred Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning and directs students to analyze sample poems from each author.
12thSatiricalArguments
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12th ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION
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social themes
- 1. SOCIAL THEMES IN FICTION ENGLISH III CLZIANOSKI
- 2. LESSON OBJECTIVES • Demonstrate understanding of the social context of a literary work • Evaluate the impact of cultural experiences on literary themes or topics • Analyze the author’s use of a first-person narrator • Write a synthesis essay utilizing more than one source #GOALS
- 3. WHAT ARE SOCIAL THEMES? • A theme is the underlying message of the story. It is the central idea and varies depending on the reader. • Typical themes in literature deal with issues that are common to most people, such as loss of innocence, difficult family relationships, new love, etc. • A social theme is an idea or message that applies directly to society and societal issues. • Deal with issues that concern a particular group of people, such as those in a certain neighborhood, geographical region, or religious community. • Usually specific to a time and place, but they may echo in other cultures and times as well.
- 4. EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL ISSUES AND THEMES • POVERTY • RACISM • CRIME • DISCRIMINATION • SEXISM • CLIMATE CHANGE • UNEMPLOYMENT
- 5. IDENTIFYING SOCIAL THEMES • Often portray characters struggling against poverty, prejudice, and other social obstacles • Focus on people who have few, if any, rights and privileges in society • Look for characters who have little control over their fate, and ask yourself: what social factors contribute to their situation? • Clarify the conflicts in the story and determine to what extent they are caused by forces beyond a character’s role • Examine direct statements of a character’s or narrator’s opinions to see whether these provide clues to a theme • Think about the author’s reason for writing the story. What was he or she trying to achieve?