structure and style (1 Viewer)

[ronaldinho]

Whats the difference between the strucutre of a play and the style of a play?

and what does context means

thanks

 

[Dark Phoenix]

i dont really know how to answer ur first question but in relation to context, it simply means taking into account what had happened during the time the text was being made or play. take brave new world as an example by aldous huxley. aldous huxley created the book during a time after wwi where destructive weapons were used against humanity. it is this context which had affected aldous huxley's writing.

so every text has some sort of context whether it was a world wide issue like WWI or WWII or even a private matter like the author's friend died.

 

[sf_diegoxrock]

structure has to do more with the foundations of the text - the fundamentals, in other words

conventional structure - Aristotelian - beginning, middle, end
unconvential/postmodern structure - no clear distinctions

style has to do more with HOW the text is created
what are the features? the techniques used? (structure is a technique too)

context - context of the text, author and reader
consider all three to attain a more adequate grasp
it gives you an idea of where the ideas and issues of the text are coming from
'write what you know'
the author is a victim of his/her own context