Final answer:
From broadest to narrowest, the topics are: representations of California by California-born authors, representations of California by John Steinbeck, and representations of California in East of Eden.
Step-by-step explanation:
To order the topics from broadest to narrowest, we need to consider the scope of each topic in relation to the others. The broadest topic would encompass the largest amount of information, while the narrowest would be the most specific. Here's how we can order these topics:
- Representations of California by California-born authors
- Representations of California by John Steinbeck
- Representations of California in East of Eden
The first topic is the broadest because it includes any representations of California by all authors who were born in the state. The second topic narrows the focus to one particular author, John Steinbeck, a notable California-born author and thus is narrower in scope than the first. The third topic is the narrowest because it looks specifically at representations of California within the context of a single work by Steinbeck, East of Eden, offering the most focused scope of these three topics.