AMS 2270

Danielak Paper Assignment Instructions: Please write a 4-5 page paper (double-spaced, 12-poin" rel="nofollow">int font, 1 in" rel="nofollow">inch margin" rel="nofollow">ins) on the followin" rel="nofollow">ing topic. Do not analyze issues usin" rel="nofollow">ing evidence listed one after the other in" rel="nofollow">in catalog fashion, but use them as the basis for a unified essay. Develop a specific thesis (argument or main" rel="nofollow">in poin" rel="nofollow">int) that will help you synthesize your ideas and evidence in" rel="nofollow">into cogent discussion. Do your best to thin" rel="nofollow">ink analytically and write clearly and I will offer constructive criticism. Remember, a good paper has in" rel="nofollow">introductory and concludin" rel="nofollow">ing paragraphs and a clear thesis, is well organized by paragraphs that are connected by strong transitional statements and has no grammatical errors. This is not a research paper. Use only the primary texts and your lecture notes. Use your notes from lectures and class discussions to describe the relevant cultural movements and their characteristic themes, and elucidate the connections between these and your particular texts. Use examples from the texts as evidence for the associations that you make. Cite the texts by page numbers in" rel="nofollow">in parentheses; no separate endnotes or bibliography are required. You must also submit an electronic copy of your paper to SafeAssign usin" rel="nofollow">ing the lin" rel="nofollow">ink in" rel="nofollow">in Blackboard. In order to comply with federal (FERPA) and state privacy laws, you (students) are not required to in" rel="nofollow">include personal identifyin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">information such as your name, SSN, and/or U# in" rel="nofollow">in the body of the work (text) or use such in" rel="nofollow">information in" rel="nofollow">in the file namin" rel="nofollow">ing convention prior to submittin" rel="nofollow">ing. Topic: Prompt: Fin" rel="nofollow">ind a cultural issue which really in" rel="nofollow">interests you (you’ll be spendin" rel="nofollow">ing some time generatin" rel="nofollow">ing ideas about this so it better be in" rel="nofollow">interestin" rel="nofollow">ing and important to you! ;-) Then choose at least three images, one from the course PowerPoin" rel="nofollow">ints and two from outside research (usin" rel="nofollow">ing a search engin" rel="nofollow">ine or images scanned at the USF library) Argue a poin" rel="nofollow">int about the issue concernin" rel="nofollow">ing its causes and effects and to what extent it has created change in" rel="nofollow">in society. In addition to your three chosen images, analyze other various in" rel="nofollow">interrelated texts (literature, sociology, music, architecture, et. al) and use them in" rel="nofollow">in conjunction with the notes from lectures and course readin" rel="nofollow">ings (where relevant) to write an essay. The use of various texts will aid you in" rel="nofollow">in writin" rel="nofollow">ing an in" rel="nofollow">interdisciplin" rel="nofollow">inary essay. Feel free to set up an appoin" rel="nofollow">intment to discuss your paper ideas or ask questions. • You may be asked to present your paper as an in" rel="nofollow">in-class exercise for a participation grade.