Analyzing Diverse Voices and Cultural Interactions

The learner analyzes diverse voices, ideas, perspectives, and cultural interactions through the lens of the humanities.

INTRODUCTION

 

In this task, you will write an analysis of two works, one from  each list from the attached “Task 1 Lists of Works.” Note: The works you choose must  be selected from the provided lists, one from each  list. 

REQUIREMENTS

 

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide. You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.  Tasks may  not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).

 

A.  Analyze your chosen work from List 1 from the attached “Task 1 Lists of Works” by doing the following:

1.  Describe the work, including themes or stylistic characteristics from its discipline.

2.  Describe the historical and social context in which the work was created.

3.  Analyze how the work reflects the historical and social context or how it reflects artistic characteristics from the period.

4.  Analyze how the work represents the culture in which it was created.

B.  Analyze your chosen work from List 2 from the attached “Task 1 Lists of Works” by doing the following:

1.  Describe the work, including themes or stylistic characteristics from its discipline.

2.  Describe the historical and social context in which the work was created.

3.  Analyze how the work reflects the historical and social context or how it reflects artistic characteristics from the period.

4.  Analyze how the work represents the culture in which it was created.

C.  Interpret how the two works chosen for parts A and B reach beyond the cultures in which they were created by doing the following:

1.  Analyze the global impacts of the works.

2.  Describe the ways the two works are similar and/or different in their global impacts.

D.  When you use sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, provide acknowledgment of source information for any content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized. Acknowledgment of source information includes in-text citation noting specifically where in the submission the source is used and a corresponding reference, which includes the following points:

•  author

•  date

•  title

•  location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, website URL)

E.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.