Terminology
A system of beliefs that shapes how society understands reality.
What is discourse?
This man coined the term New Historicism.
Stephen Greenblatt
The name of our SLC.
What is New Historicism?
How many contexts New Historicism claims any interpretaion of a text utilizes.
What is 2?
When those in power maintain control by shaping society's beliefs.
What is hegemony?
This theorist promoted the idea that morality, in addition to power, is a key part of New Historicism.
Catherine Gallagher
The year New Historicism was coined.
What is 1980?
The 2 primary contexts in which a book can be understood.
What is when it was written and when it was read?
This idea challenges hegemony, especially through novels' critiques
What is subversion?
Added the idea that a time period's ideologies were inevitably included in a novel.
Louis Montrose
The example we used to showcase the difference between Victorian morals and current morals.
What are gender roles?
Texts are a result of the social, political, and ______ circumstances of their era.
What is ideological?
This idea is that novels affect our understanding through inclusion/exclusion, as well as description of events.
Textuality
New Historicism initially only examined the importance of this in understanding a text.
Power
This common Victorian fear is evident in A Tale Of Two Cities.
What is the fear of revolution?
To a New Historicist, readings are _____, open to various interpretations.
What is subjective?