Postcolonial

In about 300 words, discuss how “This Life is Weary” is a rewriting of Mansfield’s “The Garden Party”. Why do you think Ihimaera re-told this story?

English Discussion Watch the following video on postcolonial reading @ https://youtu.be/agdrjeM5TaQ The texts you read this week are related to one another in multiple ways. How does your understanding of a postcolonial reading from the video, help see the connections between the two texts? In about 300 words, discuss how “This Life is Weary” is […]

Write a critics argument discussing on the popular culture in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) representing the voice of the people.

Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial OutlookElizabeth Iskander MonierTo cite this article: Elizabeth Iskander Monier (2014) Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 25:1, 127-129, DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2013.840077To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09596410.2013.840077 Write a critics argument discussing on the popular culture […]

What does the text reveal about the problematics of post-colonial identity, including the relationship between personal and cultural identity and such issues as double consciousness and hybridity?

Formalism: Typical questions: How does the work use imagery to develop its own symbols? (i.e. making a certain road stand for death by constant association) How do paradox, irony, ambiguity, and/or tension work in the text? How does the author resolve (or not resolve) apparent contradictions within the work? What does the form of the […]

How does the text highlight or problematize inequalities in race-, ethnicity-, or nationality-related matters? How does the text highlight or problematize socioeconomic/class inequality and struggle?

Theoretical-Critical Essay Assignment Sheet For this fourth paper, you will apply critical theory and outside research to a theoretical-critical analysis of a literary text we have read this fall. Consider a text through one of the theoretical-critical lenses discussed in NIL’s “Critical Approaches” section (A1-A26), and support your argument with critical scholarship you find by […]

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