Assignment 2

Critical theory

The word limit for each question is 750 words so total 1500 words.

1)      Which of the literary theories below do you think most effectively reveals the meaning of literature. Discuss: Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis

2)      Analyze the role played by feminism both as a political practice and as a stylistic technique

 

Assignment 3

Topic 12

Select ONE BOOK ONLY on the environment from the following list

 

Foreman, D. (1991) Confessions of an Eco-Warrior. New York: Harmony Books.

 

Friedrichs, J. (2013) The Future is Not What it Used to Be: Climate Change and Energy Scarcity, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

 

Gilding, P. (2012) The Great Disruption: Why the climate crisis will bring on the end of shopping and the birth of a new world. New York: Bloomsbury.

 

Hahnel, R. (2011) Green Economics: Confronting the Ecological Crisis. New York: M.E. Sharpe, Armonk.

 

 

Your task is to write a book review (word limit < 600 words)

l  Identify and describe the book’s topic

l  Summarize its contents, enlisting the most important ideas and discussion points in a logical, coherent, structured way

 

 

Hint: the book may have been reviewed by others and can be viewed on the Internet. You can read them, but may sure you do not directly copy from them to av