New Historicism

Example:

Fidel's last days by Roland Merullo

Summary:

Former CIA agent Carolina Perez has spent five years working deep undercover for a very secret and very powerful organization. Their mission is to bring down Castro and free Cuba from the grip of his long and troubled regime. She believes in her heart that the cause she works for is just, even though it means lying to her wealthy and influential ex pat uncle, Roberto Anzar. What she doesn't know is how deep the deception goes and how intricate the web of lies and contradictions truly is.

In Cuba, Carlos Gutierrez, the embattled and disillusioned minister of health, faces his own demons and is at great risk as he undertakes his role in the plot to rid the island nation of her communist restraints. From the hot, roiling streets and glittering beaches of Miami to the crumbling and faded elegance of Old Havana, Fidel's Last Days is a dynamic and explosive thriller that leads readers on a breathless journey into the heart of a nation longing for change.

Interpretation:

Fidel's last day can be viewed under New Historicism Theory because Throughout “Fidel’s Last Days,” Merullo portrays Cuba as a country stifled by fear and an oppressive secret police — a nation ripe, even desperate, for revolution. Perhaps Americans will soon have the chance to find out for themselves if he’s right. New historicism is a theory in literary criticism that suggests literature must be studied and interpreted within the context of both the history of the author and the history of the critic. It acknowledges that any criticism of a work is colored by the critic’s beliefs, social status, and other factors. I think what happened to Cuba that time had a great influenced to the author that's why he come up we this story.