This document is a comparative literature assignment submitted by Fatima Gul that discusses the politicization of non-Western literature and rejection of the formalist approach. It provides examples of how Western civilization has presented an inaccurate portrayal of non-Western cultures and politicized their literature. It discusses several non-Western writers like Chinua Achebe and Frantz Fanon who highlighted the negative impacts of Western colonialism and how it disrupted traditional ways of life in Africa and presented the colonized people in a demeaning light. The assignment argues that the formalist approach to studying literature fails to acknowledge the deeper themes, ideas and philosophies in non-Western works and asserts the need to consider the socio-historical contexts.