ENGL 2027 Chapter : Historical Criticism Demonstration
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Use the reading and writing techniques practiced in class to complete your demonstration. Historical criticism provides the reader with a sense of, well history on both the writer and the time period. While other skills focus more on subjective interpretation, historical criticism is one of the only tools that can give insight directly into the author"s mindset and intentions when writing a poem with researched, factual information. Although a much longer process than the other skills, there is no better way to analyze a poem than a detailed historical criticism. Kwl chart will help you organize your thoughts): synthesize your research with what is occurring in the poem. Poem name: mother to son by langston hughes. Raised by his maternal grandmother after his parents separated. The poem mother to son by langston hughes in 1926 is one of the most famous african american poems to date.
