Historical Analysis

New Historicism: New historicists acknowledge the importance of the literary text, but they also analyze the text with an eye to history. The majority of critics between 1920 and 1950 focused on a work’s historical content and based their interpretations on the interplay between the text and historical contexts. “New historicists attempt to define a period in all of its dimensions, including political, economic, social, and aesthetic concerns” (Meyer 656). Assignment: TaskFor this essay, you will address one of the readings (attached) from a historical point of view. Remember, “New historicists attempt to define a period in all of its dimensions, including political, economic, social, and aesthetic concerns” (Meyer 656). For our purposes, you can research one of these dimensions to help you further your analysis of a text’s themes.For example, if we were to write an essay on “Sonny’s Blues”, we would identify the “African American experience in the military.” We would use this historical note to help us understand why both of the characters (Sonny and his brother) decide to join the military. Perhaps it will lead us to a new discovery of the text. From this historical approach, we can offer a new reading of the text.No name woman: https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/nicole.zaza/engl1301/1301-readings/no-name-woman-by-maxine-hong-kingston/view