TERM PAPER

• Deadline: Tuesday, March 7, 2002 (late submissions will be penalised)
• Length: approx. 7 pages (I will not read anything that exceeds this limit):
  • the paper should be double-spaced
  • pages should be numbered
  • please insert a word count at the end
• Documentation: all references in your essay must be correctly documented
• Bibliography: your essay must be accompanied by a correctly compiled List of Works Consulted

Answer One (1) of the following questions:

Freudian Psychoanalytic Criticism

1. "For Freud, a literary work is analogous to its author’s dream." How does Freud conceptualise the relationship between the literary work and its author?

2.Referring closely to his concept of the anxiety of influence, discuss Bloom’s model of authorship and, by extension, literary history.

3. Illustrating you answer with reference to a brief literary work of your choice (e.g. a short story or poem), outline the main objectives of and characteristic steps taken by a Freudian critic.

Jungian Archetypal Criticism

4. "For Jung, the significance of a literary work transcends the personal life of its author." How does Jung conceptualise the relationship between the literary work and its author?

5. Illustrating you answer with reference to a brief literary work of your choice, outline the main objectives of and characteristic steps taken by a Jungian critic.

Feminist Criticism: Psychoanalytic / Archetypal Emphases

6. Referring closely to their concept of the anxiety of authorship, discuss the model of authorship and, by extension, literary history advanced by Gilbert and Gubar.

7. Discuss the archetypal patterns which Pratt discerns in women's fiction.

Anti-colonial Criticism: Psychoanalytic / Archetypal Emphases

8. Discuss how ONE of the following Anti-colonial theorists have sought to apply Fanon’s conception of racism and the psychopathology of the colonised negro to the study of Caribbean cultural identity, language, and / or literature:

• Kamau Brathwaite
• Wilson Harris

WORDS OF ADVICE

• Essays must be written on a computer and according to the guidelines laid out in The MLA Handbook.  These guidelines are summarised in the Faculty of Humanities Essay-Writing Guidelines pamphlet available from the Faculty Office and in my own Essay Writing Guide. Poorly presented and documented essays will be penalised.

• Please do not submit your paper in a plastic folder or any other kind of covering: the paper itself is sufficient.

• For advice on writing a 'Theory' essay, see my handout Writing 'Theory' Essays.

• You should keep a copy of the term paper for yourself in case the one submitted gets lost.
• You should not merely regurgitate material drawn from my handouts: essays should demonstrate evidence of engagement with the primary texts listed as required reading.
• Since Module One: Psychoanalytic / Archetypal Criticism is tested by this assignment, the final exam will test knowledge of the remaining modules: Module Two: Marxist Criticism and Module Three: Phenomenological Criticism.