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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
• The historical times (intellectual atmosphere, culture, religion, discoveries, historical events, wars...) shape the author’s view/stories.
• The work reflects the period it represents and the period in which it was written.
• Literary trends influence the form, content, and message of the work.
• The historical context (both the work’s and your own) are used to interpret the work.
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
• The work reflects people acting in social groups or as members of social institutions?
• The work reflects social attitudes and tendencies of a social group/culture
• The piece speaks out against or points out a particular societal ill or issue
PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
• The work reflect the author’s personal psychology.
• The work reveals divided selves struggling against each other (id , ego, & superego).
• The characters’ actions , emotions, desires, childhood/past and dreams reveal their psychological or personality types.
• Different psychological schools can be used to respond to the characters