You are required asked to select a novel from the reading list in order to write an essay in the form of a ‘descriptive interpretation’ of up to 1,500 words, making a classroom presentation on the subject also, to be conducted either by reading the whole or selected portions, or by speaking of its contents in a more informal way. Both essay and presentation should convey the value and interest of the novel considered both as a postcolonial intervention and a literary text.

In doing either you should aim to convey a clear but not necessarily rigid view of the significance of the text, its subject and the manner of its treatment, together with any information needed for its proper appreciation as a piece of record of experience, a piece of literature and, if appropriate, a post-colonial intervention.

In the written version you should also aim to demonstrate the effective use of reading, writing and research skills both in the body of your essay and by means of references (footnotes & bibliography) indicating clearly the source of passages quoted, and/or critical sources involved in its preparation.

Grading of the presentations and the printed versions that ensue from them will be conducted on the basis of a consensus reached in the seminars themselves unless the latter is widely at variance with the former. Opportunities will be provided to revise and emend submissions, especially with a view to inclusion on the module web site.