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English and Literary Studies Final Year Topic: Gendered Mobility in Nigerian Travel Writing

This English and Literary Studies final year project examines the relationship between gender and permission to move in travel narratives. The proposed evidence base is two published Nigerian travel narratives with comparable journey scales.

Why choose this project topic?

This topic turns travel literature into a focused reading task by investigating the relationship between gender and permission to move in travel narratives. 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 published Nigerian travel narratives with comparable journey scales reveal about the relationship between gender and permission to move in travel narratives?

Agree the corpus size, editions and critical framework for this study of the relationship between gender and permission to move in travel narratives with your supervisor.

Proposed project objectives

  1. 01Define the textual features relevant to the relationship between gender and permission to move in travel narratives.
  2. 02Build a documented evidence set from two published Nigerian travel narratives with comparable journey scales.
  3. 03Compare border encounters, safety descriptions and encounters with hosts while attending to narrative position.

A suggested research approach

Obtain lawful access to two published Nigerian travel narratives with comparable journey scales. Compare border encounters, safety descriptions and encounters with hosts while attending to narrative position. 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 published Nigerian travel narratives with comparable journey scales
  • A reading matrix for the relationship between gender and permission to move in travel narratives
  • Relevant scholarly criticism and a consistent citation system

Keep your project scope clear

Travel writers' experiences do not represent all travellers or establish national character.

English and Literary Studies project chapter outline

Use this outline as a starting point. You can edit the chapter titles to match your department’s format during setup.

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

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