Sociological Criticism by BENJAMIN SCHAUER https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao en-us 2017-03-08 20:04:43 UTC 2023-01-19 06:04:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Tent.png Sociological Criticism kimberly_mckinley https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/158809349 Kim, Ben, Ivan, Kailey, Kyler]]> 2017-03-08 20:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/158809349 Definition kimberly_mckinley https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159370432 The practice of analyzing a literary work by examining the cultural, economic, and political context in which it was written or received. It primarily explores the relationship between the artist and society.]]> 2017-03-10 19:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159370432 Critic Wilbur Scott said, "Art is not created in a vacuum, it is the work not simply of a person, but of an author fixed in time and space, answering a community of which he is an important, because articulate part." kimberly_mckinley https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159371175 2017-03-10 19:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159371175 Sociological Criticism in To Kill A Mockingbird benjamin_schauer https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159372009 There are many examples of cultural and political influences in Harper Lee's writing in TKAM and go set a watchmen. She grew up in the 1930s Small town Alabama. The experiences gained from living in the south during the great depression are clearly secne in her writing the book itself was published in 1960 the cusp of the civil rights movement. The book itself tells a story of a small Alabama town struggling over the issue of racism and segregation. Harper Lee herself reflects in her book about how she grew up in a small southern town.

]]> 2017-03-10 19:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159372009 kimberly_mckinley https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159372090 Sociological criticism examines the role the audience has in shaping literature.]]> 2017-03-10 19:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159372090 Discussion Question kimberly_mckinley https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159373134 In what ways does society influence the way literature is written and interpreted?]]> 2017-03-10 19:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159373134 Straight off the bat, On page 4... benjamin_schauer https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159373245 "Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no  recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings". - Social constructs like stereotypes based on geographical culture relations become very apparent as playing a role In Harper Lee's style.  ]]> 2017-03-10 19:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159373245 "She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with. She is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance, but I cannot pity her: she is white" (Lee 206). kimberly_mckinley https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159374759 The society that Atticus is describing in this line is the same one Harper Lee herself grew up in. This racial intolerance throughout her life is clear to have highly influenced her writing.]]> 2017-03-10 19:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159374759 QUOTES benjamin_schauer https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159377117 2017-03-10 19:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159377117 Issues / Themes that emerge through the writing benjamin_schauer https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159378327 Because Sociological criticism revolves around cultural, political, and economic situations of the time; most themes are cultural related. Themes such as race/prejudice, coming of age, church/religion, adult to child relationships (and vice versa), etc.]]> 2017-03-10 19:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159378327 Bob Ewell kimberly_mckinley https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159378415 If we reduce Bob Ewell to his basic cultural stereotypes, we see a white, lower class male. Harper uses this character as a representation of the cultural privilege that some groups receive above others. This is really clear in To Kill A Mockingbird, and is one of the main themes of the book. In 1960 there was essentially this divide between socioeconomic classes that was essentially based on race and poverty. Lee as an author shows the more progressive side of society that emerges in the 60's. The civil rights movement is beginning and other social movements revolutionize more liberal parts of society, but there are still many societies like that in the book that are ruled by prejudice. Part of its negative reception was from parts of society like this where they didn't want the responsibility for this cultural divide.]]> 2017-03-10 19:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/159378415 Go Set A Watchman Example #1 kimberly_mckinley https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/160073072 In chapter 11 when Ada Belle tells Jean about the girl who got pregnant with her father's baby, this isn't a huge deal for everyone. This is because Harper Lee grew up in a time when incest was a frowned upon but not an outrageous occurrence.]]> 2017-03-14 18:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/160073072 Effectiveness kyler_parkinson https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/160074994 Sociological circumstances are incredibly important to literature in its various faucets. For Example, without literary criticism, The Wizard of Oz would have almost no lasting significance. Authors such as Frank L. Baum however can use literature to convey real and deep themes of their own world. As an allegory for the Gold vs Silver Standard, Baum's novel established an marked a relevant period of history. Looking at books through a Sociological standpoint makes them historical markers for thematic evolution within the context of society.]]> 2017-03-14 18:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/160074994 Go Set A Watchman Example #2 kailey_johnson1 https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/160082007 In chapter 8, Mr. O’Hanlon gets up and makes a speech in the courthouse full of racist slurs against blacks, warnings of “mongrelizing” the white race through interracial marriage, praise for the “Southern Way of Life,” and condemnation of the “communist” Supreme Court, there is no real appeal to fact or reason in his speech, but only for the appeal to emotion, racial pride, and fear. Hatred and racism just started simmering in the South during the time of the novel, however, today it is socially frowned upon to publicly burst out in racial slurs, you just wait till you get into the privacy of your home.]]> 2017-03-14 18:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/160082007 Works Cited kyler_parkinson https://padlet.com/benjamin_schauer/7jemm8veq3ao/wish/160083645 “Harper Lee.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 23 Feb. 2016, www.biography.com/people/harper-lee-9377021#work-with-truman-capote. Accessed 14 Mar. 2017.
Kennedy, X.J. and Gioia, Dana. An Introduction to Poetry. New York: Longman, 2010.
Lee, Harper. Go Set a Watchman. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2015. Print.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee. New York: Scribner Laidlaw, 1989. Print.
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