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Final paper and presentation (24+1 points) This assignment aims to help you use intercultural theory and research to examine and understand intercultural communication. Choose one paper option (A, B, or C). Use at least two library sources as part of your paper. In addition, you may use as many of the readings from class as you want. You must also prepare a 5-7-minute presentation to be given during the last weeks of the semester. Presentation format and guidelines will be discussed further in class (see presentation guidelines on p. 6). Option A: Write a 5-6 page paper after you have participated in and attended two events coordinated, presented, sponsored by, organized by, and performed by members of a culture other than your own. You must have the events approved by me before you attend them. You may not use previous intercultural experiences for this assignment (like the one(s) related to your group project). Examples of these cultural events include cultural fairs, volunteer experiences, church socials, weddings, performances, etc. You can locate events by looking in the school and local newspapers, contacting student and local organizations, and through friends, family, or classmates. Your objectives in attending these events are 1) to learn as much as possible about the culture within the confines of the event experience and 2) to reflect on your position as a nonmember of a culture. This can be accomplished by using effective observations skills, by talking with cultural members (if they are willing) about the significance of the event in their culture, and by gauging your responses (emotional, behavioral, cognitive) to the event. You should note your own reactions, thoughts, and feelings elicited by the experience. You should then make connections between what you learn at the event and concepts/theories of intercultural communication discussed in class. Option B Write a 5-6 page critical review of a film that deals with some aspect of intercultural communication. (See instructions on p. 5.) The goal of this review is for you to apply your understanding of intercultural communication to cultural interactions reflected in films. A list of possible movies is provided. Be sure to approve other films with me before beginning your review. Alvarez, Louis and Kolker, Andrew, American Tongues Blue Tullip Production, SLC Punk Caro, Niki, Whale Rider Cronenberg, David. M Butterfly Eyre, Chirs. Smoke Signals Feng, Hsu, Farewell My Concubine Kanievska, Mark. Another Country Katz, Ross. Lost in Translation Kershaw, Andy. To Kill a Mockingbird Nayar, Deepak and Chadha, Gurinder, Bend it like Beckham Peters, William. A Class Divided Tanovic, Danis, No Man’s Land Trevino, J. Salvador. Birthwrite: Growing Up Hispanic Wang, Wayne. The Joy Luck Club Wombat Film & Video. Visible Target Option C Write a 5-6 page critical review of a novel that deals with some aspect of intercultural communication. (See instructions on p. 5.) The goal of each of the review is for you to apply your understanding of intercultural communication to cultural interactions within novels. A list of possible novels is provided. Be sure to approve other titles with me before beginning your review. 4
James Baldwin, Another Country Alice Walker, The Temple of My Familiar and Possessing the Secret of Joy Dorothy West, The Wedding Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God Richard Wright, Black Boy Langston Hughes, The Ways of White Folks Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior: Memories of a Girlhood among Ghosts Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife Carlos Bulosan, Americas in the Heart Gish Jen, Typical American Louis Adamic, Laughing in the Jungle: The Autobiography of an Immigrant in America O.E. Rolvaag, Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony Louise Erdrich, The Beet Queen N. Scott Momaday, House Made of Dawn Paula Gunn Allen, The Woman Who Owned the Shadows Julia Alvarez, How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street Ana Castillo, So Far From God Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Line of the Sun Américo Paredes, With His Pistol in His Hand Luis J. Rodriguez, Always Running José Antonio Villareal, Pocho Instructions (option B and C) As you watch the film/read the novel, you should be reflecting on the ideas we have read for class and discussed in class. Although you will be giving examples from the film/novel to help you explain your ideas, the review is not a film/book summary. At most, you might include a beginning paragraph that summarises the story line. However, your focus should be on making arguments about some aspect(s) of the film/novel as they relate to intercultural communication topics discussed in this course, such as ethnicity, gender, identity, language, sexuality, and/or power. For example, if you believe that the film/novel explains how prejudices are formed and how categorical thinking and fear of difference impact intercultural communication, then your thesis would state this and your paper would explain the relationships you see between prejudice and intercultural communication, with some examples from the film/novel to illustrate. Perhaps your film/novel illustrates the importance of language to identity. If so, you might explain the relationship between language and identity, again including relevant examples. To help structure your thoughts, begin with one, some, or all of the following questions. You may choose to specifically answer one or some of the questions provided; however, you are not tied to them. They may help you determine a thesis that is informed by them but not constrained by them. 1. Is language a means of preserving identity? 2. How do the characters (or the character) resist being completely oppressed and disempowered by the dominant culture? 3. What, if anything, does the film/novel’s style tell us about the world view of the author? 4. What does this film/novel suggest about cultural differences? Similarities across cultures? 5. What is the relationship between the main characters in the film/novel and the mainstream or dominant culture? How does the main character negotiate that relationship? 6. What insights can we draw from this film/novel about intercultural communication? 7. How does this film/novel help us understand the relationships among culture, communication, context, and power? 5
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