Close reading of the counter-discursive strategies used by two authors

  Colonial discourses were characterized by their Manichean/Manichaean constructions of identity—self-other, civilized-uncivilized, center-periphery—that determined how the colonized was viewed and his or her inferior place in the colonial world. Write an essay in which you examine how your chosen works of postcolonial literature challenge and subvert these discourses. Discuss the counter-discursive strategies used by two authors studied in this course. The aim of this question is to test your ability to critically evaluate the issues addressed in this course through an analysis based on a close reading. Therefore, you have to cite from your chosen novel and/or short stories to support your claims. Please use MLA citations for these quotations In your answer, and depending on your combination of texts, you can address the following: countercanonical writing, race and class relations, language and voice, cultural hybridity (or its pejorative counterpart, contamination), national identity, centre and periphery, etc. (Your choice of which elements to address will be determined by your choice of texts.) The word limit for this essay is 1 100 words, including quotations. (In other words, your essay should range between 1 000 and 1 200 words – no more and no less.) 1. Foe and “His First Ball” and “The Affectionate Kidnappers” 2. Remembering Babylon and “His First Ball” and “The Affectionate Kidnappers” 3. Foe and Remembering Babylon 4. The Bone People and “His First Ball” and “The Affectionate Kidnappers” Make sure to give a clear and compelling thesis. Remember that you should be able to make a claim for the significance of the work. Be careful not to give mere plot summary. In other words, rather than simply saying something happens in the novel, explain the relevance of these events for the overall theme or themes under discussion. REVISION Make sure to give a clear and compelling thesis. Remember that you should be able to make a claim for the significance of the work. Be careful not to give mere plot summary. In other words, rather than simply saying something happens in the novel, explain the relevance of these events for the overall theme or themes under discussion Please number your question. You are not required to give your essay a title – the novel’s title and the author’s name will do(#5 Remembering Babylon by David Malouf and “His First Ball” and “The Affectionate Kidnappers” by Witi Ihimaera Colonial discourses were characterized by their Manichean/Manichaean constructions of identity—self-other, civilized-uncivilized, center-periphery—that determined how the colonized was viewed and his or her inferior place in the colonial world. Write an essay in which you examine how your chosen works of postcolonial literature challenge and subvert these discourses. 9:32 am the rest of the instructions are in the guide and instruction document provided please look at it carefully, thank you very much REVISION Client: The affectionate Kidnappers by Witi Ihimaera (short story, pdf file provided) His First Ball by Witi Ihimaera (short story, pdf file provided) The affectionate Kidnappers by Witi Ihimaera (short story, pdf file provided) His First Ball by Witi Ihimaera (short story, pdf file provided) Foe by John Maxwell Coetzy (novel, no pdf sorry) so the first two are from the same author and should be treated like one. So you can either choose to add Foe or the two short stories, but in both case you also need to keep something about Remembering babylon. I hope this is clear, remembering babylon + foe. OR, remembering babylon + affectionate kidnapers + his first ball. thank you so much again, dont be shy to ask me for specifications or anything, Ihimaera2C_His_First_Ball.pdf [MATERIAL] Ihimaera2C_The_Affectionate_Kidnappers.pdf [MATERIAL and please read the guideline.