Compare and contrast Essay

Final Paper  -  - 5-7pp 

   Compare and contrast  In either case, pick a central problem or theme both works address. To what extent do they share a vision of class conflict, Revolution, historical change, gender, or progress? Where do they part company? Your thesis must be the last sentence of your first paragraph and provide a clear, analytical claim about the relationship between the two works. Each topic sentence must build your case logically and refer back to your thesis. Pick a handful of quotes -- enough to support your claims but not so many as to crowd out your own voice -- to support your claims. Remember not to let quotes speak for themselves. Introduce them and then unpack them, in your own words. Do not consult outside sources.  

 Choose One Film. 

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (dir.) The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) – streaming on Criterion and here.

Gillo Pontecorvo (dir.) The Battle of Algiers (1966) – streaming on Criterion, Amazon, and here.

Florian Henckel von Bonnersmarck (dir.) The Lives of Others (2006) – available on Amazon and here.

Choose one

Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949)

Judith Coffin, Sex, Love, and Letters: Writing Simone de Beauvoir

Timothy Garton Ash, The File (2010)

Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1963)