Can someone please help me out with this World Literature homework?

Respond to the following questions in two to three paragraphs.

1. Discuss the ways in which a literary work you have read exemplifies a particular genre. What are the “rules” and expectation of this genre? How does your chosen work fulfill these expectations? In what ways is your chosen work different from others of its genre?
   
   
2. Describe a time in which your knowledge of history helped you to better understand a work of literature.