How do you analyze your audience in your class in terms of sociology and psychology.

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Professors instructions:

Be sure to respond to the following questions in complete sentences, based on the reading of Essentials of Communication, Chapter 11. (20 points each) and the documentary Billions in Change.

Book for questions 1: Essentials of Human communication, Ninth Edition By, Jospeh A. Devito

  1. According to Chapter 11, you can analyze your audience in terms of sociology & psychology. How do you analyze your audience in your class in terms of sociology and psychology. (Side note, this is a speech and communicate class.)

Video for question 2: Billions In Change Official Film – YouTube

Based on the documentary, Billions in Change, what are 3 ways in which Manoj Bhargava and his research team are improving life on earth? How did this documentary inform, surprise, or encourage you?

 

How does your view of education compare to Arendt’s?

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Hannah Arendt says, “Education is the point at which
we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it.” How does your
view of education compare to Arendt’s?

Compare at least two different things, considering their characteristics at the deepest levels possible.

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Theoretical Literary Analysis (minimum of 400 words). Your work from the previous section dealing with the literary theories should have prepared you for this one. For this analysis, you should pick a topic/issue pertaining to one or more of the literary theories you examined. For example, if you applied feminist criticism to Little Women, your topic might be “Jo March–an Allegorical Figure: Female Professionals in a Patriarchal Society.” This is but one example from the top of my head. This gives you a chance to tie into your literary theory and use a bit of what you have already established to analyze the work of literature in a deeper way. Make sure you reference at least one of the theories, but don’t depend on them too heavily.

Comparative Literary Analysis (minimum of 400 words). In this analysis, you will compare at least two different things, considering their characteristics at the deepest levels possible. These are some options. You might compare one work of literature from your author to another work of literature from your author. In such a comparison, you want of avoid superficial comparisons like publication dates. Rather, you would want to key in on something such as the tone and/or purpose of the work and how each represents a unique place in time, and, conversely, how each informed the society into which it was born. If, for example, you did your work on “The Gettysburg Address,” your topic might be “The Politics of Wartime Speeches: How ‘The Gettysburg Address’ Gained Gravity Through Circumstance.” Such an approach would let you compare it to Another Lincoln speech or to another historical wartime speech. It would also allow you to compare it to a speech of a different type, such as Douglass’ “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.” You could also do something a little more expected, such as comparing two characters in your work of literature, but remember that this isn’t a superficial comparison–so I want something profound from you.

Socio-cultural Analysis (minimum of 400 words). The primary thing to remember with this type of analysis is to use your research on the historical and social context to develop a thesis on how the work of literature and its context are related. However, it is vital to remember that this is not a history paper! One way to think about this methodology is as the attempt to study literature through history, asking how a the work of literature’s context can help us understand it more completely. If, for example, your project is on “The Birth-mark,” your topic might be “‘The Birth-mark,’ a Literary Manifestation of the Clash Between Science and Nature in the Early 19th Century.”

Applied Literary Analysis (minimum of 400 words). One might argue that this type of analysis is a little less formal; however, in some ways, it is more critical than the other types. One method of approaching this type analysis is to look for a message, moral, conflict, etc., etc. and apply it to today’s circumstances. You could apply it to larger social conditions, or you can apply it more specifically to individual circumstances/conditions, or both. And yet again, you have an opportunity to build on some of what you have already established in your project. For example, if you did your project on Harriet Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, your topic might be “How Policies of Institutional Racism Found in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Still Exist in Modern Society.”

How does the theocracy in Gilead explain and justify its patriarchal authoritarian control overpeople, and how does it put it into practice?

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RequirementsandAssessmentGuidelinesWrite a minimum of 2 full pages. You may write more than 2 pages, but you must write at least 2full pages.While Formal Paper 3 should focus primarily on an analysis of Margaret Atwood’s TheHandmaid’s Tale, you may reference our other course readings if it helps you support orillustrate an argument about the Atwood’s novel.Choose one of the following questions:• Unlike the earlier texts in our course, The Handmaid’s Tale is by a female writer and features afemale protagonist. How does this contribute to our understanding and broaden our perspectiveof literary representations of dystopia?• How does the theocracy in Gilead explain and justify its patriarchal authoritarian control overpeople, and how does it put it into practice? How does it change the lives of women, such asOffred, who remember life before the theocracy?RequirementsandAssessmentGuidelinesYour Formal Paper will be assessed and graded according to the following requirements:Form• The Formal Paper must be at least 2 full typed pages. Long header margins do not count aspart of a full page! If you have 2 pages and the first page has a long header margin, the paperwill be penalized for not meeting the minimum length requirement. There is no maximum pagelimit.• Double-space the Formal Paper. Do not use font larger than 12 pt.• All sources must be cited correctly in either APA or MLA citation style; in-text citations areincluded and there is a separate References/Works Cited page. The References page does notcount toward the 2-page minimum length requirement.Content• The Formal Paper must be analytic and interpretive, and not associative, biased, opinion-and/or plot-based. Do not give opinion; instead, perform textual analysis.• The Formal Paper must deal directly with the text(s). Papers that are history overviews, rants,or tangentially related to the text(s) do not receive credit.Introduction:• Introduction clearly states the general topic of the Paper.• Introduction clearly states which text(s) and author(s) will be discussed in the Paper.• Introduction clearly explains the relationship between the topic and the text(s).• Introduction clearly states the argument or specific focus of the Paper.BodyParagraphs:• The Paper deals with specific passages from the text(s).• The passages chosen for discussion are relevant to the chosen topic of the Paper.• The Paper analyzes passages from the text(s). “Analyze” means that you do not simply quoteand/or paraphrase or give an opinion a passage. “Analyze” means that after you quote and/orparaphrase a passage you then spend a paragraph or more explaining how the quote or partsof the quote provides evidence for the particular claim you are making in that body paragraph.

One brief quote can turn into a two paragraph-long analysis of that quote. Think small: gooddiscussion and analysis happen when you spend time taking apart a short quote or passage.• Each paragraph is relevant to the topic of your Paper and to the points you want to make inyour Paper. Make sure that all your paragraphs are directly relevant to your overall topic andeach point you want to make. Avoid random paragraphs in the Paper that do not fit with youroverall topic and individual points.• Make sure each body paragraph begins with a topic sentence, provides evidence and criticallydiscusses (analyzes) that evidence.• Each paragraph develops and discusses one idea in depth instead of cramming in threeunrelated ideas.• Each paragraph (Introduction, Body Paragraphs and Conclusion) is organized, well developed,coherent and unified, and each paragraph follows basic paragraphing rules.• Paragraphs follow one another in a logical manner.Conclusion:• There is a paragraph that concludes the Paper. This means that your last paragraph shouldbriefly summarize (in different words – please do not repeat word for word what you alreadywrote in your Paper!) what you hope to have demonstrated to your reader with respect to youroverarching argument or topic.• The conclusion takes it a step further by asking the reader a provocative, open-ended,thought-provoking question. For example, if I am writing about the question of insane vs. sane ina system of justice with respect to Medea, I might ask my reader whether there need to bedifferent laws for men and women when it comes to the question of sanity/insanity in a systemof justice. This is provocative in that it goes against what many believe is part of Justice (Justiceapplies to all, regardless of sex!). But Medea’s situation begs this question because as awoman, a foreigner and an exile she has no recourse to a system of law! She has no rights andno representation of any kind. How can she appeal to a system of Justice when that systemexcludes her?Language• The Paper does not contain spelling and punctuation errors.• The Paper has been proofed for grammar.• The Paper is written in Standard English.• There are no colloquialisms (for example: “she’s way mad” instead of “she displays behaviorthat might be considered mad or insane”; “she’s just a racist” instead of “she is shielded fromand therefore unaware of the systemically racist and violent political and social system that is anoutgrowth of colonial history”).• The language is formal and academic. Do not use contractions. Do not use “I”.There is a zero-tolerance policy on plagiarism. Papers with plagiarized content receive anautomatic F and a report will be submitted to the Academic Integrity Committee.

How does this influence the movement of the narrative?

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The topic for the paper is based on the novel, “Kindered” by Octavia Butler. Topic: Butler obviously believes that tampering with the past would not disrupt the present. How does this influence the movement of the narrative? How does it convolute the idea of cause and effect? – requirements: at least 7 pages double spaced

Explain Gilgamesh in “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and Beowulf in “Beowulf” quest for glory, how/whether they succeeded and how the two stories are DIFFERENT from each other in terms of the message that the author was to convey about their quests for glory.

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Heroes in ancient literature are driven by a desire to obtain eternal glory for themselves. Both Gilgamesh and Beowulf have achieved those goals. However, the lesson that those two leave behind for the reader in their tales are quite distinct and not very similar. Explain Gilgamesh in “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and Beowulf in “Beowulf” quest for glory, how/whether they succeeded and how the two stories are DIFFERENT from each other in terms of the message that the author was to convey about their quests for glory.

How is Alexander Pope satirizing the common manners of 18th century British society and how is “the lock” symbolic of that society’s hypocrisy?

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Alexander Pope: The Rape of the Lock

Prompt 1: How is Alexander Pope satirizing the common manners of 18th century British society and how is “the lock” symbolic of that society’s hypocrisy?

Prompt 2: Beauty is a common theme in Rape of the Lock. What does it come to mean and represent? How is its power limited? Consider the calm reasoning quality of Clarissa compared to the hasty, destructive behavior of Belinda?

The Victorian era was, contrary to general opinions, an era in which women excelled – using at least 2 female writers of the era, justify this view.

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Essay must include a title sheet and adequate works cited list and include
citations.

Essay theme:
The Victorian era was, contrary to general opinions, an era in which women
excelled – using at least 2 female writers of the era, justify this view.

What do the actions from the women in this text describe what it is like to be a woman in the world?

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5-6 pages typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins
My texts:
Feng Menglong, “Du Tenth Sinks the Jewel Box in Anger”,
Rabindranath tagore- punishment
My Question: What do the actions from the women in this text describe what it is like to be a woman in the world? What does it mean to be a woman in this world ? For example, both women choose death instead of dealing with their husbands, which shows how powerful and controlling men can be.
Instructions
Drawing on any two readings we’ve read over the semester, consider the complicated relationship between the individual and society as it’s explored in the works we’ve read. What issues emerge when society’s demands are not in line with the desires of the individual? How do the authors we’ve studied see that struggle?
This is a broad subject, so you will need to narrow your scope in order to construct a tightly focused analytical essay. Your written topic (to be submitted by Friday, Nov. 27th) should show how you’ve adapted the broad issue of the individual and society to suit the particular texts you’re discussing. For example, you might choose to think about the issue in terms of gender and focus your attention on the conflict between societal demands and individual desires as they relate to women in two of the texts you’ve read. (This is just one example; we could come up with many more!) Formulate your topic in the form of a question you are asking about the two texts you’ve chosen. Keep in mind that this is an analytical essay, not a descriptive one; be sure that your paper does more than simply describe the two texts you’re discussing.  You can guide your thinking in a more analytical direction by asking “so what?” and providing an answer. This means not just letting us know what happens in the two texts, but also giving us a way of understanding or interpreting it.
One strategy you may find useful for coming up with your topic is as follows:
–What two texts do you want to write about?
–What area of overlap do you see between the two texts?
–What are you asking about the two texts?
–Once you’ve identified the question you’re asking about your two texts, be sure that your question is not a “yes or no” or “either/or” question and that you will be providing an answer to the “so what?” question.
You may choose your texts from anywhere in the syllabus up to and including “The Metamorphosis.” However you may not write about the text you wrote about in your first paper of the semester. Like your first essay, this paper is a close textual analysis, based on your own thinking about the texts we’ve studied. DO NOT CONSULT ANY SECONDARY SOURCES IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING THIS PAPER

Punishment Text

file:///C:/Users/cliff/Downloads/Punishment_by_Rabindranath_Tagore.pdf

Du tenth Text

Discuss how the addition of different traditional narrative details change the vision of Penelope in the novella.

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Atwood makes it clear that she bases her Penelope on alternate texts that offer different narrative elements to her story. Discuss how the addition of different traditional narrative details change the vision of Penelope in the novella.