Prompt:
Choose one of the given topics and write a traditional, text-based, analytic paper. Your paper should have a clear thesis statement, present strong support for your argument, cite at least one secondary source (which may be taken from the course readings) and range from 5-7 pages in length (typed, double-spaced with 1” margins and 12-point font). Please use a standard citation model, such as the MLA style guide or the Chicago Manual of Style. Please allow extra time for submission to account for technical glitches. Late papers will not be accepted.
-Please use MLA style
-I have attached a secondary source to incorporate within the project
Explore the depiction of disability in Næss’s Elling and/or von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark. You may want (but are not required) to address issues such as: various models and conceptions of ability and disability; the social construction of (ab)normality; the convergence of disability and notions of artistic sensibility and/or genius; the role of disability in constructions of individual and collective identity.
–Please do the paper on Næss’s Elling
–Please provide in text citations for specific scenes in the movie to strengthen the argument
