In this essay you should do ONE of the following:
• Explain how knowledge of the political and historical context of a literary or non-literary work from the course enhances our understanding of the text.
• Explain how knowledge of the political and historical time described in a literary or non-literary work from the text enhances our understanding of the text.
• Compare two of the primary texts from the segment of the module and explain how a comparison of the two works increases our understanding of the time and political climate they describe or in which they were produced.