POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
English Literature II
RUDYARD KIPLING'S "Lispeth" & "Thrown Away"
SALMAN RUSHDIE'S "Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies" & "The Free Radio"
DORIS LESSING'S Victoria and the Staveneys
OCTOBER 2021
COLLABORATIVE ANALYSIS & COMPARISON between Postcolonial literary works:
After reading the 4 short stories by Kipling and Rushdie, plus the novella by Lessing, it is now time to compare and contrast the pieces and to share our conclusions.
1- Write your conclusions in a Word Document - A4 - doubled-spaced, Arial or Verdana , size 12, justified paragraphs.
2- Write a cover with the usual contents and in the middle, what your thesis is going to be.
Each group should choose one of the following and analyse how it is explored in the 4 literary works ( the short stories and the novella):
- A common theme in the 5 works.
- Features of Colonial / Postcolonial Literature.
- Style.
3- Your document should have an introduction (1-2 paragraphs), a body, where you develop your thesis statement and a conclusion. It should be no more than 3 A4 pages long.
4- You must quote from at least 4 of the literary works to justify your conclusions.
5- Your paper must be followed by the References and Bibliography. You should use the sources in your booklet and your are only permitted to add 1 extra source. If you do use this extra source, remember to copy and paste it in APPENDICES, the section with follows after BIBLIOGRAPHY.
6- Once your document has been marked and edited, you can post it here. Don't forget to include 1) who the members of the group are; 2) What your focus of analysis is ; 3) References & Bibliography.
