In James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room, how does David’s location in Paris, a self-exile to the European continent, challenge him to confront his queer identity?
How does Bechdel’s father’s physical and mental stagnation, both as an inability to leave his hometown and refusal to accept his queerness, function to alienate and exile himself, and thereby lead to his ultimate undoing?
How are the differences between the countries of America, France, and Italy portrayed in Giovanni’s Room and to what extent are those countries used as proxies for the way the main character of David feels about his queerness?
In Giovanni’s Room, how does David’s relationship with masculinity elicit a correlation to his fear of losing his identity?
How does Alison’s perception/opinion of her father change (or stay the same) with the realization and understanding of her own sexuality?
In James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room, how does David’s location in Paris, a self-exile to the European continent, challenge him to confront his queer identity?
How does Baldwin utilize a non-conventional relationship with temporality to convey the doomed nature of Giovanni and David’s relationship?
How does Torres’ depiction of the degradation of a pack mentality challenge the main character’s psychological stability?
How does Bechdel’s father’s physical and mental stagnation, both as an inability to leave his hometown and refusal to accept his queerness, function to alienate and exile himself, and thereby lead to his ultimate undoing?
How does Alison Bechdel’s portrayal of sexuality and self expression/artifice in the family tragicomic “Fun Home” challenge the definition of home?
How are the differences between the countries of America, France, and Italy portrayed in Giovanni’s Room and to what extent are those countries used as proxies for the way the main character of David feels about his queerness?