CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS

Historical Method

• process of systematically examining an account of what has happened in the past

• uses Historical Criticism to evaluate Historical Sources

• Economic history, Social history, Cultural history and Environmental history

• Religious history, Medical history, Art history, Technological history, Linguistic history and Military history

Content Analysis–

the subjects or topics covered in a book or document

the matter dealt with in a field of study

Context Analysis

– the parts of a written or spoken statement that

precede or follow a specific passage, usually influencing its meaning or

effect

Background

– a short history about the author’s life

Point-of-View

– perspective used by the author that determines the

approximate “distance” of the author to the narrative he or she is

writing

Argument

– also called purpose; the author’s stand or opinion in the

narrative

Attitude

– almost similar to Argument, but reflects the mood more,

which is observed on how the author addressed his or her argument

reflects the current situation and emotion of the author in the

material at the time it was written or made

Santiago V. Alvarez

Kidlat ng Apoy and a Delegado general (representative) and Commander of the Katipunan

Teodoro A. Agoncillo

The revolt of the masses

Interpret from Tejeros convention

by

Santiago Alvarez

who wrote the “Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General”