Write about one of the following topics in relation to at least 2 of the texts we have read and discussed: ( the two texts to use are William Shakespeare’s The tempest and black skin white mask by Franz Fanon)
- Models of recognition of, and fantasies about, the Other (in diaspora literature/film)
- The monstrous, mongrelization/hybridity (in diaspora lit/film)
- utopia and dystopia in diaspora lit/film
- the workings of memory and desire in diaspora lit/film
- diaspora music
- the trope of “demanded of us a song” in diaspora lit/film
- authenticity in diaspora lit/film
- what is “home” in diaspora lit and film
This should be a traditional analytical essay with appropriate structure, argumentation, and presentation, 8-12 (2000-2500 words), double-spaced, 12-pt font.