For your second extra-credit essay, you are asked to read Azar Nafisi's nonfiction work, READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN. The book focuses on Iranian professor, Azar Nafisi, and the five female students who come to her home to discuss banned works of literature. The book is about the saving power of literature in the lives of these women.
For your extra-credit essay, develop an answer to the following question in 4-5 typed and double-spaced pages:
In discussing the frame story of A Thousand and One Nights, Nafisi mentions three types of women who fell victim to the king’s “unreasonable rule” (19). How relevant are the actions and decisions of these fictional women to the lives of the women in Nafisi’s private class? Use examples from your reading of THE ARABIAN NIGHTS and from READING LOLITA to support your claim.
The essay will be due at the end of the semester.
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