Close reference must be made to full length texts by TWO or more Caribbean women writers. In
Close reference must be made to full length texts by TWO or more Caribbean women writers. In
addition, you should offer strong evidence of your critical reading.Essay question-!Caribbean womens writing tends to be concerned with the aftermath of slavery and colonialism. Consider this statement in terms of the work of two or more writers.
Texts that can be used( can pick two or more, must make reference to whole text)
Hodge, Merle,Crick, Crack Monkey, Heinemann, 1970.
Collins, Merle,Angel,Womens Press, 1987.
Schwarz-Bart, Simone,Bridge of Beyond, Heinemann, 1982*.
Pollard, Velma, KARL, London, Mango Publishing, 2008.
Philip, M. Nourbese,She Tries Her Tongue her Silence Softly Breaks, Womens Press, 1993*
TO WRITE GREAT ESSAYS:
Use the Guidelines to prepare an outline. (Itll be easier to write your essays with a plan first).
PRESENT your argument or focus in the first paragraph of your essay.
Revise your introduction once youve written your first draft
TELL the reader in the introduction which texts are the focus of your essay.
SHOW the reader throughout the essay that you are very familiar with your texts (extended critical analysis helps)
KNOW which critical texts youve chosen and why
Use those critical texts to support your argument (theyre not decorative)
SHARE with the reader why you have chosen them (be inventive, so long as it is coherent)
Dont just pull out quotes from the critical essay, use them (again be sure that the key phrases aer relevant)
Critical support needs to be like a thread running through your essay (it helps to think of it as coloured. Maybe colour crit in one draft?)
Show you are familiar with and AWARE of the scholarship that has gone before (thats what youre doing with the crit!)
Be careful with use of standard academic conventions. As long as youre consistent its fine
BOOK TITLES IN ITALICS, quotes not
ONLY book titles in italics. If you are referencing a single essay, or short story title, then IN SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS
Capitals, punctuation, sentences that have a verb and arent too convoluted. Go back over the writing and break down the sentences.
Check that youve argued what you said you would in the first paragraph.
Read your essay aloud.
Make sure that the pauses you read out are on the page. See, Punctuation Guidelines
Do some polishing. Check that your sentences all connect.
Consider words and phrases like, similarly, in contrast, offering a different emphasis (connecting phrases)
PLEASE insert page numbers. (Anything that will help the examiner is worth it for you).
Remember to add your ID.
