Posted: February 16th, 2016

Postmodernism and magic realism in Kafka and Camus

For this
project,
you will be required to select two global works from this course and apply a theoretical approach
(e.g., postcolonial, cultural studies, gender
studies, psychoanaly
sis
, etc.)
to those texts. Through that approach
,
you
will
develop an original literary argument and explore the impact of those texts on
their
historical and
cultural
contexts.
Your use of secondary sources from within the field of literary studies will help you to
develop your theoretical approach
,
and to
show
how the texts you are analyzing reflect their cultural, histori
cal
,
and political contexts. Use extensive
evidence from
both
primary and secondary sources to
support
the claims of your
research paper
.
You may choose to focus
your
final research paper
principally on one primary text from the course while referring to one or more others as additional support for
your ideas.
Alternatively
, you may choose to develop an argument that draws from two primary t
exts equally to explore a broader theoretical or cultural
perspective. Feel free
also
to use your
paper