Pick one creative text that we have read so far (Zami, Trumpet, Bodhran and Salah's Poetry, Owomoyela's short story), and read it through the lens of one of the theoretical readings we have encountered. I encourage you to pick a passage or two from the creative text, and close-read it through the lens of a theoretical piece. For example, you can read Bodhran's "Cycle Undone" alongside Snorton and Haritaworn's notion of trans necropolitics. Or you can read a passage from Zami through Munoz's theory of disidentifications, showing how Lorde disidentifies with the dominant (white) gay and lesbian culture around her. Or you can read a passage in Trumpet about the funeral director through the lens of Dean Spade's arguments about how gender is administered. Some theoretical readings (like Butler's) can be applied to most texts. You can also put the creative text in dialogue with a theoretical piece (for example, you can argue that Owomoyela's story complicates or problematizes Butler's theory of gender performativity).
Your essay needs to have a thesis statement. Your thesis will be about your argument about your chosen creative text, using ideas from a theoretical text. There should a close engagement with the texts you choose, with frequent textual evidence for your claims and sub-claims. The paper should be 3-4 pages long.
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