English and Literary Studies Final Year Topic: Epistolary Form and Intimacy in African Women's Writing

This English and Literary Studies final year project examines how letters create intimacy and distance between fictional speakers. The proposed evidence base is two African prose works with a substantial epistolary component.

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Why choose this project topic?

This topic turns narrative form into a focused reading task by investigating how letters create intimacy and distance between fictional speakers. 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 prose works with a substantial epistolary component reveal about how letters create intimacy and distance between fictional speakers?

Agree the corpus size, editions and critical framework for this study of how letters create intimacy and distance between fictional speakers with your supervisor.

Proposed project objectives

01Define the textual features relevant to how letters create intimacy and distance between fictional speakers.
02Build a documented evidence set from two African prose works with a substantial epistolary component.
03Compare recipients, omissions and delayed replies; examine what letters permit speakers to say indirectly.

A suggested research approach

Obtain lawful access to two African prose works with a substantial epistolary component. Compare recipients, omissions and delayed replies; examine what letters permit speakers to say indirectly. 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 prose works with a substantial epistolary component
A reading matrix for how letters create intimacy and distance between fictional speakers
Relevant scholarly criticism and a consistent citation system

Keep your project scope clear

Fictional correspondence cannot be treated as the author's private testimony.

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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