Papers/Theoretical Application: Three (3) times over the term you will apply a theoretical school or an individual theorist to Nuruddin Farah’s Maps. The lens must be drawn from the readings which occurred before the analysis is due but after the previous analysis. I.e., you must read the novel in the style according to the thinkers we have covered since the due date of the previous essay. In these, you attempt to read a theme or section or passage from the novel using the paradigms of the theoretical sch

Papers/Theoretical Application: Three (3) times over the term you will apply a theoretical school or an individual theorist to Nuruddin Farah’s Maps. The lens must be drawn from the readings which occurred before the analysis is due but after the previous analysis. I.e., you must read the novel in the style according to the thinkers we have covered since the due date of the previous essay. In these, you attempt to read a theme or section or passage from the novel using the paradigms of the theoretical school or individual theorist you have chosen. These should be one-two pages long, typed.* *“Wait,” you say. “One-two pages?” you ask incredulously. Well, yes, in a way. You have two pages to work with. As much as you can fit. Any way you can fit it. As you might imagine, a 1-page double-spaced, 12-point-font response with 1.25” margins and a full MLA-format header will not effectively apply a theoretical lens to its exhibit, and your paper must do the latter. Such an example would bluntly fail. Since you will be uploading the document as a .pdf to Canvas, no header is needed, although a title is often nice. You want to maximize your space and make a cogent, insightful argument applying a theoretical position to the text. Note I say “apply” instead of “compare.” Little is gained by pointing out how a position is “like” the novel or “fits” with the novel. “This seems a lot like that” will not do. We call this “category matching” and its failure lies in that anything can be compared to anything, which is not to say there is good reason to do so. These are not a compare and contrast assignments. Rather, you must assess how the reading of the novel changes when you approach it from the perspective of the theorist/school in question. You may use only the theoretical texts and Maps to compose your essay. All outside sources must be cleared with me at least 48 hours before the essay due date. Essays are also backgraded.