Gender 2000 Paper #1: Cultural Critique
For this paper you must find a work of art, literature, or media and critique it based on what you've learned in class. This paper should help you explore how society affects what you see in a given work and how that work affects what society sees or understands. You might choose a movie, a poem or a series of poems, a short story, a novel, a television show or shows, television commercials, magazine articles, or print advertisements. To make this assignment more meaningful to you, you should choose the subject from part of your normal out-of-school-life; that way you can understand how the work affects you and/or your beliefs.
You should relate at least one theory or class concept to the work(s) and show whether the work is a good model for feminism. You will probably want to define feminism, aspects of bias and perspective, stereotyping, roles, etc. in this paper. You may focus on the portrayal of women or that of men and women.
Your finished paper should be at least five pages long with one-inch margins using MLA documentation style. The Works Cited page is not inclusive of the five pages. You should have at least three sources, at least one of which should relate directly to your primary source (the work you're critiquing).
The paper may be longer, of course, and/or include more sources.
Deadlines:
E-mail your topic to me by 28 October 2002.
E-mail your thesis to me by 31 October 2002. I will respond by 8 November 2002, either approving your thesis or suggesting changes to your thesis.
E-mail a list of your sources to me by 13 November 2002.
E-mail an outline to me by 23 November 2002.
Once your paper is written and proofread, take it to the Reading Lab to have it proofread by a professional. Please attach their review of your paper to the back of your polished and revised copy that you turn in to me on 2 December 2002.
Submit your paper to me by 2 December 2002.