CVSP 204 Final, Fall 2005

CVSP 204 Final Exam January 2006 Prof. M. Amyuni Time: 2 Hours I. Required Question Edward Said writes in Orientalism pp. 348-349: to force cultures and peoples into separate and distinct breeds or essences exposes not only the misrepresentations and falsifications that ensue, but also the way in which understanding is complicit with the power to produce such things as the - Discuss the main ideas in this passage and in Orientalism as a whole. - Season of Migration to the North. - In your conclusion state your personal opinion about it. II. Select some of the issues/problems/opinions/that seemed most important to you in our C.S. 204 readings. Discuss them in the light of their author(s) and then give your own opinion on these issues/and problems. Focus well. Give examples from the texts. Take a personal stand in your conclusion Saying how relevant these authors have been to your own experience.