Texts, readers and historical and cultural contexts

What this note covers

1. Distinguish production, setting and reception
2. Use historical knowledge with proportion and evidence
3. Analyse cultural representation without treating a voice as universal
4. Explain how readers’ positions shape interpretation
5. Relate shared-study choices to the current course
6. Integrate context into a close-reading paragraph
7. Context workshop: a final newspaper page and a later exhibition

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