For this assignment we will conduct an in-depth, comprehensive critical analysis featuring Benjamin’s “The Task of the Translator” and Ngugi’s Decolonizing the Mind.

Comprehensive critical analysis

Introduction: For this alternative to an extended research paper, you’ll create a research proposal based upon the following prompt with the following components/requirements. Research Prompt: Your task (aka “The Prompt”): In a carefully considered, argumentative, publication-quality research paper, conduct an in-depth, comprehensive critical analysis featuring—note that there is a difference between “featuring” and “about”—Benjamin’s “The Task of the Translator” and Ngugi’s Decolonizing the Mind. So, your analysis must be grounded in a specific, identified literary/critical theory, viz. post-structuralism. Post-colonialism/Orientalism, reader response theory, green theory, New Historicism, or countless other schools of thought.

Comprehensive critical analysis

Proposal Format: Create a proposal for a piece of original and meaningful research based upon the preceding research prompt (above). The proposal should include the following 3 sections: 1. Introduction: The introduction section should be a 500+ word description of your proposed research topic, including your thesis statement (or more appropriately a research question/hypothesis).   How does it expand/extend current research? Also, what do you suspect the outcome of your research to be? 2. Methodology: This section will be brief, likely one page only, and will detail your approach to this topic. https://youtu.be/FhpnTdhAR_A

Comprehensive critical analysis

What types of sources will you seek? Why is your approach the most appropriate way to go about your research? Also, be creative and comprehensive here. 🙂 3. Annotated works cited: This will be a list of potential sources for your proposed research. The list should be at least 15 10 sources long (this includes the required texts). So, for each entry, you should include a brief paragraph summarizing the source and another paragraph explaining how you expect the source to be useful to your research.

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