What are the events that happened around the time of the text that help us understand the text itself?

Assignment Question

QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER:

1. What are the events that happened around the time of the text that help us understand the text itself?

2. What is the background of the creator (or creators) of the text?

3. What should we understand about the cultural/social/political context of the text? ***IMPORTANT: You’re investigating the context of the time period in which the text was made, NOT the history of what the text is about. PICKING A TOPIC: To help you brainstorm and narrow down a topic,

1. Skim the syllabus. Think about the topics we have already covered and the topics coming up. 2. Skim the text book. Same thing. See if anything jumps out as interesting. 3. Pick something specific, not broad. “Nineties television” is too broad. Researching the entire series of Seinfeld, for example, might be ok. But it might be better to pick a specific episode to discuss. You could find interesting details about the original Star Wars trilogy, but you also might have a slightly easier time focusing on just one of those films. USING A CHAT BOT: See what you can learn about the context of your chosen text by interacting with a chat bot. You should ask a handful of questions to get a variety of details about the context. Once you feel like you’ve learned a few things about the context, copy and paste the conversation into a document. FINISHING UP: Edit your copied conversation as needed, and then add a brief reflection (about 1 paragraph). • Reflect critically, because chat bots are not always correct. Identify a part of the response that you feel least confident in, and explain why. How would you prove or disprove the chat bot’s response? Additional details: Your writing should be carefully edited and polished. Submit your final paper as a Word document or pdf on Brightspace. Please note: Brightspace cannot read Pages files. Your paper will drop 1/2 letter grade for every day it is late Use paragraphs to organize your thoughts A works cited is optional and does not count toward the length of the paper. If you do rely on outside sources, it is always proper to cite them, somehow. o Make sure the portion of your paper that is copied from an AI text generator is clearly labeled as such.

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