LIT304: Comparative World Literature Assessment Task 2: Comparative Essay Course Code: LIT304 Module: Cross-Cultural Tragedies and Gender Dynamics Task Number: Assignment 2 Word Length: 1,500 words Weighting: 30% of Final Grade Assignment Context Literary representations of gender provide a critical lens for evaluating the socio-political structures of the worlds authors construct. Both William Shakespeare’s King Lear and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart feature male protagonists […]




