Write a detailed study presenting close reading of several texts by a specific Caribbean woman writer. The piece will explore the mechanics of the t
Question-
Write a detailed study presenting close reading of several texts by a specific Caribbean woman writer. The piece will explore the mechanics of the texts. It will also address questions about sources, influences and interpretation.
Word count- 3000You are advised to consider the following:
Since the fiction itself is complex, inclusive and syncretic, then disparate theoretical inputs (including amalgams of these) can be surprisingly helpful in foregrounding its heteroglot, multivoiced, multistyled character. OCallaghan, 1993: 97
Your specific title e.g. An author study of Beryl Gilroy with specific reference to...
orAnguish and the Absurd: Reading Beryl Gilroy with particular reference...
Your introduction which should make clear the parameters of the piece.
Your theoretical framework which is crucial to the writing of this essay.
A bibliography indicating critical reading is essential. Finding critical writing will raise issues of marginalisationplusvarying degrees of frustration. So, start your research early;start now!
Essential Reading
Critical reading with reference to your selected author
Several texts by your selected author. (Evidence of wide reading is an important part of this assignment)
OCallaghan, E. (1993)Woman Version(Ch. 6)*, Macmillan
* This chapter raises some key issues about theory and Caribbean womens writing.l Im
guidelines-
Yourresearchessayneeds to link selected primary texts to critical reading. You can begin to draft a list of headings and questions to prepare for this:
Whatam I investigating in this essay? Which sub-questions emerge from this?
Whatcriticalwork has been done in this area?List namesof critics(dates), debates, and books thatyou might need to examine/ reviewin order to ground your research question.
What do I think my argument is going to be?
How does myinitial thoughts/ argumentrelate to theirs?
How do I propose answering my research question?
What do I intend to add to the critical conversation concerning this topic?
Myresearchfocusis (50 words)
Critics who have looked at this subject are (50 words)
Theyargue that (25 words). X argues (25 words) and Y argues (25 words)
Debate centres on the issue of (25 words)
Thereis still work to be done on (25 words)
Myresearch is closest to that of B in that (50 words)
Mycontribution will be (50 words)
You will be expected to
Demonstrate that you are critically informed about the scholarship that exists
Conduct fluent and accurate detailed textual analyses informed by appropriate contextual knowledge(s)
Show a sound understanding of the interpretations of different authors whose work you analyse informed by standards of scholarly accuracy
Produce critical commentary at a good level of coherence and evidence-based argument
Texts-Gilroy, Beryl,Boy Sandwich,Heinemann, 1984. ( you can use any of her other texts along side this one, and any other secondary reading you find in reference to Gilroy Beryl
Secondary resources-
Boy Sandwich Beryl Gilroy
Issues of Theory II: Affect
Beryl Gilroy's "Fact-Fiction": Through the Lens of the "Quiet Old Lady"Roxann Bradshaw,Callaloo, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Spring, 2002), pp. 381-400
'Windrush Meanings':Anim-Addo,Longest Journey
Reddock, Rhoda, 'Feminism, Nationalism, and the Early Women's Movement in the English-Speaking Caribbean' in Selwyn Cudjoe (ed.)Caribbean Women Writers: Essays From the First International Conference, pp.61-81.
Boyce Davies, Carole,Black Women, Writing and Identity, Ch2, pp.38-58.
Anim-Addo, Joan. 'Gendering Creolisation: Creolising Affect', Feminist Review 104, 2013, 5-23.
Word count-3000
