The authors encountered in our course have discussed the problem of history fromdifferent perspectives

History
1. The authors encountered in our course have discussed the problem of history fromdifferent perspectives, and have conceptualized different modes of producingnarratives about historical events. Throughout the course of your essay you shouldintroduce the problem of history itself, articulate the respective viewpoints andstrategies of your chosen authors, produce an argument about howhistoriographical form is important for the analysis of history and how it mightinfluence the larger project of East Asian Studies. Your analysis should notsimply summarize the thinkers we have studied in the course, but should use theiranalyses as a point of departure for your own argument. Attention should also begiven to the way cultural producers (the filmmakers and/or poet) engage thesesame issues.

2. The problem of geography is one that all thinkers must face and is shot throughwith power relations. Throughout the course of your essay you should introducethe problem of geography itself and then articulate the respective viewpoints andstrategies of your chosen authors, produce an argument about how geographicalform is important for the analysis of geography and how it might influence thelarger project of East Asian Studies. Your analysis should not simply summarizethe thinkers we have studied in the course, but should use their analyses as a pointof departure for your own argument. Attention should also be given to the waycultural producers (the filmmakers and/or poet) engage these same issues?

3. Dominant conceptualizations of time and space do not just exist, but areproduced. After first establishing the significance of these two categories for thestudy of East Asia, produce an argument about how at least two of the filmmakers(or one of the filmmakers and the poet) have challenged the usual effects of thesecategories.