Question

What questions should you ask to determine a texts context?

Answer 1

Here are some questions to help you get a good contextualization of the text:

1. What is the story about?
2. Look at the author of the text. Could there be some bias?
2. What is the theme? Any underlining messages?
3. Does anything contradict itself, theme wise or story wise?
4. What does the author want you to understand or grasp?
5. Does the author do a good job of it? If not, what did you actually gather from the story?

Answer 2

Context is the name given to the circumstances that form the setting of an event. This includes all the characteristics, conditions, ideas and factors that surround an event. There are several questions that can be asked in order to determine a text's context. Some examples include:

Where does the story take place?

When does the story take place?

What are the social conditions of the place?

How is that society different from ours?

What historical events took place during these time period?

What is unusual or remarkable about this location?