English and Literary Studies Final Year Topic: The Chorus and Collective Responsibility in African Drama

This English and Literary Studies final year project examines how choral speech distributes responsibility for communal decisions. The proposed evidence base is two African plays containing an identifiable chorus or collective voice.

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Why choose this project topic?

This topic turns dramatic form into a focused reading task by investigating how choral speech distributes responsibility for communal decisions. A clearly bounded corpus gives you passages to compare and an argument to develop beyond a general plot summary.

What does a close analysis of two African plays containing an identifiable chorus or collective voice reveal about how choral speech distributes responsibility for communal decisions?

Agree the corpus size, editions and critical framework for this study of how choral speech distributes responsibility for communal decisions with your supervisor.

Proposed project objectives

01Define the textual features relevant to how choral speech distributes responsibility for communal decisions.
02Build a documented evidence set from two African plays containing an identifiable chorus or collective voice.
03Separate choral comment from action and track shifts between consensus, dissent and retrospective judgment.

A suggested research approach

Obtain lawful access to two African plays containing an identifiable chorus or collective voice. Separate choral comment from action and track shifts between consensus, dissent and retrospective judgment. Establish selection criteria before detailed reading, record edition and page references, and test the developing interpretation against passages that complicate it.

What you will need

Lawful access to two African plays containing an identifiable chorus or collective voice
A reading matrix for how choral speech distributes responsibility for communal decisions
Relevant scholarly criticism and a consistent citation system

Keep your project scope clear

A staged collective voice should not be equated with unanimous real community opinion.

English and Literary Studies project chapter outline

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Chapter 1General Introduction
Chapter 2Literature Review and Theoretical Framework
Chapter 3Analysis and Discussion
Chapter 4Further Analysis and Findings
Chapter 5Summary and Conclusion

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