mode of literary criticism Post-Colonial Criticism (1990s-present) on novella Candide by Voltaire

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For the research paper, you will need to focus on one main idea regarding an original interpretation of one work we have read in this course with a focus on one mode of literary criticism. Focus on solving an issue you have found within the text and solve the issue through a historically based research project focusing on the context of the work in connection to the literary movement and the genre based on either Moral Criticism, Dramatic Construction (~360 BC-present), Formalism, New Criticism, Neo-Aristotelian Criticism (1930s-present), Psychoanalytic Criticism, Jungian Criticism(1930s-present), Marxist Criticism (1930s-present), Reader-Response Criticism (1960s-present), Structuralism/Semiotics (1920s-present), Post-Structuralism/Deconstruction (1966-present), New Historicism/Cultural Studies (1980s-present), Post-Colonial Criticism (1990s-present), Feminist Criticism (1960s-present), and Gender/Queer Studies (1970s-present). This assignment will require a critical close reading and an analytical interpretation within a contextualization of the literary work using one type of literary criticism as a specific lens of interpretation. Contextualize the literary work based on its historical significance at the time, along with how the literary work may still be relevant in our culture today based on current philosophical views, current events, sociological and economic views, religious views, political views, and psychological views of our day through the lens of literally criticism. Use one type of literary criticism to interpret one or more literary pieces in a genre from a specific and original approach. Reference some scholars from a specific type of literary criticism in the paper and some other scholarly sources of interpretation. You may bring in opposing views on your topic to refute with your perspective and scholars of the type of literary criticism or scholarly sources that agree with your stance to prove your points.