Question

How does history affect current pieces of writing? Or does it only affect literature from the same period?

Answer 1

History affects our writing today. History contains how we even invented the languages. It's hard to communicate without a language.

Answer 2

History plays a fundamental role in shaping literature: every novel, play or poem one reads is influenced by the political context in which it is written, the people that the author knows and the wider society that frames the entire work.

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