E1102 Postmodern & Postcolonial Political Writers Argumentative Essay

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1. Description

You will write an argumentative essay in which you develop, support, and provide evidence to a well-developed thesis responding to the topics below.

Remember that in any paper you write, you will try to persuade the reader of your point. To do this you must exercise the three appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos. Similarly, persuasion will require you to take a stand, so be sure to have a strong thesis that encourages the reader to adopt your point of view.

In order to support your paper, you must support your arguments with direct quotations. Unsupported statements weaken your argument. Failure to support your statements with direct quotations, even where you show proper knowledge of the material, will not result in a passing grade.

The paper will be 1500 words and will be turned in no later than April 17th in class. I will not read late assignments, but I will be very available to you until then. If you need Office Hours let me know.

2. Grading

This assignment is worth 30% of the overall class grade. I will be grading grammar, spelling, and punctuation judiciously. I recommend that you have someone you know read your paper to see if they understand the arguments made. I will be reading these in close and hurried succession, so do not trust that my patience will be great; if I do not understand what you are saying, it will not be scored. You must use the MLA or APA format, which includes a Works Cited page even if only one book was used. I encourage you to use foreign sources to support your statements.

3. Topics

You are required to answer one of the following prompts or, alternatively, to develop your own topic with my permission. In all cases, make sure your thesis statements are clear and that you support your statements using three (3) texts that we have read and discussed in class. Furthermore, these topics will be more involved, and I recommend that you begin to research early and promptly. These foreign sources must be accredited. Let me know if there are any questions.

-To what extent is language more important for the postmodernist and postcolonial writers than for the modernists? Is language more stable now? Could you connect the issue of language in at least three stories with events happening in our day and age?

-Postmodern and postcolonial ideas thrived in deeply political periods in history. As a result, postmodern writers, perhaps more than the modernists, often encoded political messages in their writing. To what extent do the stories we have read deal with political issues? Would you say that the stories we read in postmodernism are more applicable to life?

-You can come up with your own topic if you run it by me first!

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Running head: LANGUAGE IN THE POSTMODERN AND POSTCOLONIAL WRITERS

LANGUAGE IN THE POSTMODERN AND POSTCOLONIAL WRITERS
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LANGUAGE IN THE POSTMODERN AND POSTCOLONIAL WRITERS

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Language in the Postmodern and Postcolonial Writers
Writers make use of language to deliver and communicate intended messages and pass
information through the use of various language skills. The use of language in the postmodern
and postcolonial era is when the past and traditional ways of passing information has taken a
different style. For example, writings in the ancient times were done on tablets of rocks while the
current period takes language wrings on paper and soft copy where a variety of language tools
can be exercised (Pennycook, 2017). Urbanization is a gradual and continuous process that takes
place with time while the postcolonial period is living in a time where independence has been
enhanced. Therefore, the terms depict that the language used in such times has the freedom and
can be used to express any situation without fear of description or explanation that can
contradict. The current times can indicate how the journalism sector offers and reports on
sensitive news headlines without fearing to expose government agencies or political leaders.
Importance of Language for the Postmodernist and Postcolonial Writers
A pivotal communication tool in all walks of life
Written information is a way of communicating without distorting the original meaning
of the information. However, using speech in communication can lack reference hence losing the
original taste of the content, but information put into writing can last for ages keeping the
original taste. Written scripts can pass information about development or incitement to the public
on poor governance or inhuman acts to the public. During the traditional or colonial periods, the
writing was done on special occasions where selected tablets could be written, and everyone
notified of the message. The modernized or postcolonial period allows freedom of speech where
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