Assessment Details
Students of Queen's University, Belfast
- Compare the representation of ageing in two texts, one from the global south and one from the global north.
- Essay, 1500 words.
- Deadline: penultimate week of course, 6 February.
- The essay should be sent directly to Professor Tess Maginess: t.maginess@qub.ac.uk.
- The essay will be marked and returned to students by the final class, 16 February.
- The mark will be moderated internally and externally before final results will be confirmed.
- Professor Maginess is happy to discuss assignments with students, in advance. Just email her.
Students of University of Hyderabad, India
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Write short notes (400 words) on the following. Bear in mind that close reading of the texts through the lenses and frameworks outlined in the lectures is expected.
- Write a note on the figure of the sentinel in Keki Daruwalla’s poem.
- How does the changing relationship with objects serve as symbols for ageing in Manohar Shetty?
- How does ‘care’ for the elderly transform into ‘intervention’ in Anita Desai?