Posted: April 6th, 2015

English 101

English 101

Paper details:
Background

In this course, we have been discussing how identity construction can depend not just on how we see ourselves, but also on how others see us, and it can involve race, ethnicity, language, nationality, gender, class, sexuality, religion, affiliations, profession, education, and many other aspects. We have also investigated the kinds of conflicts that can arise from identity clashes. Here are a few questions that we have considered. What happens when your self-identity and the identity others build of you are not compatible? What happens when people with different identities are put together? What happens when there is an assumption that everyone in a group shares the same identity? What are some of the challenges in trying to establish your own identity in a new environment?

In your first essay, you used Rodriguez and Alvarez to develop an idea about building identities in a different country or culture. In your second essay, you used Pratt’s article to look at the college classroom as a contact zone, focusing on behaviors that arise from how identities and roles are constructed by the self and others. You were encouraged to use concrete examples from your own experience.

Prompt

For our third project, we will continue exploring identity building, assimilation, and transculturation in contact zones, with a stronger focus on conflict. We will add a new element that some people can use in dealing with conflict in contact zones: humor. The question for you to keep in mind is: How can humor help deal with the conflicts inherent to contact zones? Use key concepts and examples from Pratt or Rodriguez to explore Rios or Sedaris. This time, I ask that you focus on the texts and refrain from using personal examples.

How will your work be graded?

Here is what I will be looking for in your essay:

• How successful were you in stating what is at stake in your text?

• Were key terms clearly defined and “unpacked”?

• Did you show a good understanding of the texts you used?

• How well did you engage with the texts (forwarding and countering)?

• How far did you go in applying concepts from Rodriguez and Pratt to Rios and Sedaris?

• Do you suggest where your ideas could lead to further discussion of an issue?

• How appropriate is your language use for an academic essay?

• Are you quoting and citing appropriately?

Details

• Use MLA formatting (check Hacker’s handbook)

• Use 1-inch margins (Word usually has 1.25 as a default. Make sure you adjust that.)

• Include a title at the top of the first page.

• Use a header and clearly mark the paper as first draft or final version.

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