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Monday, January 19, 2009

L3 Option A Last minute advice

I read your homeworks which were generally good. For the text commentary, most people correctly wrote about who E.P. was and her importance, and about the context of the document.

However, remember that a text commentary is supposed to say what th text is *doing* and most students did not look too carefully at two questions

1) What was the aim of the author when writing the text. Who was she writing for and why ?

2) What was the importance of the date when she was writing ? (1914, just before she completely changes her political aims and tactics for a while).


So, in the exam, don't forget to explore these questions of the importance of the moment, and of the aims of the author.

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