T.A.N.C.H. (Blog #3): Impact of the Work

The poststructuralist revision of historical criticism, "New Historicism," also studies background but includes more modes of study to discover excluded areas of the past. It urges self-consciousness about our presuppositions.
What was the impact of the novel on its society? How has the novel been received in society?
(Due Monday, March 20th at 8:00am)

T.A.N.C.H (Blog #2): Values of the time

Historical critics believe that literature must be studied in the context of its historical setting in order for readers to understand and appreciate the work. This study includes textual analysis, bibliography, biographical criticism (of the author), genre studies, source studies, the history of ideas, and sociological criticism. These all involve research of the background to a literary work. Historical critics could be interested in the life of the poet, the economic state or political situation of the day, or the role of the genre in a given time period. (The Writing Center, Brigham Young University)

Reconstruct the values of the the time from the novel. How well does the novel reinforce or contradict them?
Due: Friday, April 17th at Midnight

T.A.N.C.H. Blog #1: Historical Moment in Time

T.A.N.C.H. (Blog #1): Historical Moment

Any study of the history of events and ideas surrounding the text constitutes historical criticism. How does the historical moment in which the work was written affect the work's content?
(Due: Thursday, April 16th @ midnight)