1.Many of the texts we’ve read this term represent love (between lovers, parents and children, siblings and friends) as capable of overcoming the division between the self and other. Pick two texts and explore the social and moral implications of this construction of love (is it idealized, represented as inherently dangerous or ambivalent)?
2.Explore how love (or hate) acts as a catalyst for metamorphosis (change in a physical, spiritual or psychological sense) in TWO works from this course. How does love inspire characters to change themselves? Is this a change for the better, or for the worse?
3.A number of the texts we have covered so far in this term put often-marginalized folks at the centre of the narrative – folks who often operate with a sense of double vision or dual awareness. Does this give a different slant to how they depict love (or hate) in these texts? Pick TWO texts and compare the way they come to terms with the limitations or rewards of love.
4.Explore the representation of memory in TWO works from this course. How does memory inform narrative structure in these works? Does the inherent unreliability of memory call into question the claims of the narrators of these texts? How does memory shape storytelling?
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