Relation between Territorial Borders and Languages

Please select ONE of the prompts below.  Your essay should have, as usual, 1) a title, 2) an argument or thesis that may be expressed in a sentence in your first paragraph  beginning with the phrase: “In this paper I will argue…” 3) close analysis of specific passages or sequences from the written or visual works you are addressing, properly referenced.  Please use the MLA citation style https://www.library.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/mla_style_revised.pdfLinks to an external site. 1. Examine any two of the literary or filmic texts we’ve considered in this unit in terms of Naoki Sakai’s idea of “heterolingual address.” Be sure to explicate the idea with reference to his writings. 2. In one or two literary texts from this unit, consider the relation between territorial borders and languages. In what sense is the border a site of translation and translation an activity that engages, or constructs, or dissolves borders?  Please refer to the introductory essay by Mezzadra and Sakai as necessary. 3. Examine the theme of “untranslatables” or untranslatability in one or two literary or filmic works from this unit, with reference to Barbara Cassin’s dictionary. 4. Apply the idea of translation to works and themes of two works from other units in the course.