Essay Topics:
- Explore the ways masculinity is being represented in ONE or TWO texts.
- Explore the ways bodies are being narrated in ONE of TWO texts. Some possible questions to ask yourself: In what ways do characters’ emotional struggles or journeys manifest themselves corporeally? How are complex colonial histories being revealed or concealed through characters’ bodies? How does a character’s gender impact their physical and mental well-being? You can use some, all, or none of these questions, or come up with questions of your own to help you explore this topic.
Novels:
- Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
OR
- Cereus Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo


