Why choose this project topic?
This topic turns ecocriticism into a focused reading task by investigating the distribution of responsibility for environmental damage in oil fiction. 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 legally accessed Nigerian novels addressing oil extraction reveal about the distribution of responsibility for environmental damage in oil fiction?
Agree the corpus size, editions and critical framework for this study of the distribution of responsibility for environmental damage in oil fiction with your supervisor.
Proposed project objectives
- 01Define the textual features relevant to the distribution of responsibility for environmental damage in oil fiction.
- 02Build a documented evidence set from two legally accessed Nigerian novels addressing oil extraction.
- 03Trace imagery, focalisation and competing explanations of damage; compare whose suffering becomes visible.
A suggested research approach
Obtain lawful access to two legally accessed Nigerian novels addressing oil extraction. Trace imagery, focalisation and competing explanations of damage; compare whose suffering becomes visible. 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 legally accessed Nigerian novels addressing oil extraction
- A reading matrix for the distribution of responsibility for environmental damage in oil fiction
- Relevant scholarly criticism and a consistent citation system
Keep your project scope clear
Fictional representations cannot measure pollution or establish a company's legal liability.
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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