Text and Context

Prompt: Select a text from Module 4. Research the context of that text in the three areas below – the anthology introductions will be a good starting place, but youll probably need to do some additional research. Note: this is not an analytical assignment; just report the facts for now.

Author Context

• Who is the author of your text? What was their life like? Family, friends, literary influences or community? When did they live, and were they part of any major literary movements?

Literary Context

• What is the genre, style, structure of your text? What sorts of works were popular at the time this one was written, and how does this one fit into that?

Social, Historical, Political Context

• What was going on in the world when your text was written? What about in your authors specific country or city? What was their society like, and how did they fit into that?

As always, support your points with specifics from your research and cite your borrowed information.

Length & Formatting: 2-3 pages; use APA format (see Module 1 for the APA template)

https://ung.edu/university-press/books/compact-anthology-world-literature-ii-part-4-5-6.php

• Voltaire, Candide