You are required to demonstrate a clear understanding of the primary texts and your selected theoretical texts. You must also consider likely opposing viewpoints. You may do this in either a separate refutation section or within your individual paragraphs. Whichever method you select, your refutation/counter argument must represent a real consideration of the other side and not merely be an afterthought that serves no other purpose than to satisfy a requirement of this assignment. Careful textual analysis is generally not synonymous with simply restating what a particular text says. Your analysis should rely heavily on a close reading of the texts, including drawing inferences, conducting grammatical/structural analysis, and analyzing diction (word choice). You must also synthesize your sources in support of a relatively unique, thesis driven argument. Finally, your structure must reflect your thought process in relation to your thesis. Do not give me a laundry list of reasons that you think your literary text should be understood from a particular school of thought. Each paragraph, ideally, will spring logically from what was established in the preceding paragraph(s).
Other Requirements
Thesis driven, regardless of where you place the thesis
MLA style, including a complete and correct works cited page
12 pt. Times New Roman font
8-10 pages
10 sources (Ngugi, and Benjamin are 2 of these), including 3 outside works of literary criticism, at least 4 (total) scholarly sources from the library databases, Benjamins The Task of the Translator, and Ngugis Decolonising the Mind. All sources must be annotated.
Pristine grammar and syntax
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