Writing Exercise #1 - DUE 4/6/09 (Monday in Lecture)

Grading Rubric for this assignment and Writing Assignment #2:

Writing Exercise #2 - DUE 4/13/09 (Monday in Lecture)

Writing Exercise #3 - DUE 4/14/09 (Tuesday in Section)

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Paper #2 - Due in Lecture, Friday, Week #8

Dimensions of Culture Program                                                                             DOC 3: Imagination

http://marshall.ucsd.edu/current/doc/doc3.php                                                               Spring Quarter 2009

Lecture C:  Harris

Paper 2:  Resistance                                                   

For your second DOC 3 paper, you will build on what you learned about interpreting a primary text for Paper 1, and incorporate feedback from your TA and peers to write another formal essay that interprets a poem, song, short story, speech, film, visual or urban space and incorporates a claim from a secondary source from your reading list to aid in your analysis.

ASSIGNMENT:  A key focus for Weeks 4-6 is resistance and cultural opposition to dominant norms, myths, or ideologies, especially those involving race, gender, class, sexuality, and/or geographical containment.  In a 5-6 page paper, analyze and interpret how one of the following primary texts represents a significant perspective on some of these large themes:

THINKING ABOUT YOUR TASK: For your inductive analysis, annotate the key details and elements in the text.  How do the formal elements of the text work together to suggest meanings that support, resist, or generally complicate various cultural narratives or norms?  Different views, voices, and arguments can work in the same text, so some elements might challenge one set of norms while other elements reinforce a set of equally disturbing norms.  As you write, aim to convince readers that your interpretation is reasonable and adds to an on-going discussion about the text.  You might not change your reader’s interpretation of the text, but you can construct a persuasive interpretation of how elements in the text challenge or complicate a cultural myth or norm.

PURPOSE:  This assignment has five goals:  for you to 1) learn how to critically read a primary text, analyzing its details and elements; 2) show an informed reader how you have interpreted the text in an essay format; 3) incorporate a claim from a secondary text in your reader to help establish the significance of your interpretation and its social and historical context; 4) use the written and oral feedback from your peers and TA to improve your interpretive writing skills while drafting your essay; and 5) create a finished interpretation that is arguable, clearly reasoned, and based on evidence selected from the text. 

DUE:    Friday, May 22, to your TA at the beginning of lecture, along with a completed Thesis and Plan

rough draft, peer review, and rubric. An electronic copy is due to WebCT/ Turnitin.com before 4:00 p.m. 

LENGTH:                5-6 pages (approximately 1500 words). 

FORMAT:               Times New Roman 12 point font, one-inch margins, no cover page. (See The Open Handbook,                                    pages 124-125.)

CITATIONS:  MLA in-text citation style; include a properly formatted Works Cited page. (See rules in The Open                            Handbook, pages 405-413; 436-466.)

SOURCES:       For this paper, select one of the listed primary texts and a relevant secondary source from your reading list to establish the context or significance of your interpretation.  Additionally you can include material from lectures, readings, and class discussions.  Otherwise, include NO outside sources for this paper.  If you think some background clarification is needed, though, verify with your TA before including it in your paper.  Cite ANY source used both in your essay and on the Works Cited page. 

Writing Exercise #5

wtgexer5draft.pdf

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