Biographical Strategies-Use of using the biographical information to determine what the reader is like. To know the "knowledge" of the author's life. In WE the author gives his background information as to why he wrote this story. Even though it was written in the 1920's he wanted to write something to "heroize." He wanted to see what the future was like and see he could interpret within in his own thoughts.
Historical Strategies-Relationship between literature and history. It is using history as a meaning of understanding. There are four sub-topics that go under this topic which are, Literary History Criticism, Marxist Criticism, New Historicist Criticism, and Cultural Criticism. WE is written in the 1920's but is interpreted to be used in the much later years such as now in 2011. Marxist Criticism shows that power and class are all parts of their world today. They are almost all equal and do everything the same. They also have the same culture which is very futuristic. It's easier for us to read WE because we know how things have changed and how the author's thoughts are different, but may even be more futuristc, from what actually happened to this day. Thats all part of the New historicist criticism. Cultural Crticism has two parts, the cultural critics and postcolonial criticism. This is sort of like the historical background but focuses on social, political, and economic contexts instead. So...WE is criticized by what they are like, such as, being numbered or all the same. They are all considered equal in their unit.
Reader-Response Strategies-focuses its attention on the reader rather than the work itself. In the book the focus is on D-503 rather than what the author did. We read about what he did in early on in the book but now it is set on D-503. We have to interpret what D-503 is doing in the book and respond to it with the knowledge we have to comprehend, and then think ahead as to what could happen.
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