Please write 1500-2000 words on ONE of the topics below:

1. Examine the relationship between text and performance in the work of any ONE OR MORE artists studied on the module.

2. Discuss the depiction and treatment of gender in the work of any ONE OR MORE artists studied on the module.

3. To what extent, and in what ways, can French chanson be seen to convey a social or political critique?

4. Analyse the adoption and use of characters and personas in the songs of ONE OR MORE French artists.