Midnight's Children Thesis
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
(A Study On Postcolonial Innovations)
A Thesis Presented to the Department of Literature
College of Nursing
In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement in
Literature 101
World Literatures
Tan, John Ryan N.
March 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication………………………………………………………………………………………..2
Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………………………3
CHAPTER
1 The Problem and its background A: Introduction……………………………………………………………………….4 B: Statement of the Problem……………………………………………………...10 C: Objective of the Study………………………………………………………….10 D: Significance of the Study………………………………………………………11 E: Scope and Limitations………………………………………………………….13
2 Review of Related Literature and Studies………………………………………14 3 Summary…………………………………………………………………………. 18 4 Discussion and Analysis…………………………………………………………..28 5 Summary, Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations A: Summary of the Study………………………………………………………….83 B: Findings……………………………………………………………………….....83 C: Conclusion………………………………………………………………..……..83 D: Recommendations…………………………………………………………..…83
About the Author……………………………………………………………………………….86
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………….96
To the two who believed
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
To the following people, the researcher would like to express her utmost gratitude.
To my family, for supporting me in making this thesis on my own.
To my Literature professor Sir Elmer Hibek PhD, for the encouragement and guidance.
To Jella Ramirez, for providing the inspiration that the researcher needed as she herself has accomplished the year before.
To Nescafe Philippines, for providing the finest stimulant, making a 23-hour non-stop
(A Study On Postcolonial Innovations)
A Thesis Presented to the Department of Literature
College of Nursing
In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement in
Literature 101
World Literatures
Tan, John Ryan N.
March 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication………………………………………………………………………………………..2
Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………………………3
CHAPTER
1 The Problem and its background A: Introduction……………………………………………………………………….4 B: Statement of the Problem……………………………………………………...10 C: Objective of the Study………………………………………………………….10 D: Significance of the Study………………………………………………………11 E: Scope and Limitations………………………………………………………….13
2 Review of Related Literature and Studies………………………………………14 3 Summary…………………………………………………………………………. 18 4 Discussion and Analysis…………………………………………………………..28 5 Summary, Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations A: Summary of the Study………………………………………………………….83 B: Findings……………………………………………………………………….....83 C: Conclusion………………………………………………………………..……..83 D: Recommendations…………………………………………………………..…83
About the Author……………………………………………………………………………….86
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………….96
To the two who believed
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
To the following people, the researcher would like to express her utmost gratitude.
To my family, for supporting me in making this thesis on my own.
To my Literature professor Sir Elmer Hibek PhD, for the encouragement and guidance.
To Jella Ramirez, for providing the inspiration that the researcher needed as she herself has accomplished the year before.
To Nescafe Philippines, for providing the finest stimulant, making a 23-hour non-stop
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