Assignment: Intercultural Encounters
Task: Research and find two or more scholarly sourcethat you feel adds a theoretical framework toyour discussion of either (Expatriates and Little Mother to her) orLa Haine by itself, Give an account of each source and how the ideas they bring up might offer a fuller understanding of the short story, the novelor the films.
Requirements
• 4 pages, APA for citation
You can pick the angle you prefer to examine the texts. Some possible discussions could be the idea of home, diaspora, identity, homeland, hybridity.
Make sure that in your paper you will have these aspect examined:
Aspect 1: Discussion of the sources.
Provide a summary of the articles (book chapters or books) that identifies the main argument that the author is making and adds other relevant details. Reference the texts specifically by quoting from them.
Aspect 2: Discussion of the topic related to the reading.
Relate the idea(s) from the source above and apply them to an analysis of the text or texts you have chosen. Here you are creating your own prompt/thesis. Construct your own argument and support it with evidence from the text, quotations etc. Somewhere in your discussion of the theme/idea you have chosen, you will also integrate the sources. This could be as part of your thesis or to support or develop a point in one of your body paragraphs.
Sources
Find articles on a topic that we have been considering through the course or that might relate to the text. You can refer to our Blackboard discussion board to get some ideas about this. This should be scholarly articles in a journal or book (you can also reference a whole book) - not from a newspaper or non-scholarly magazine. Be careful about where you find your sources. You need to be able to relate your thesis to the material you're writing about. You're looking for something that gives you an idea about how to think about the text.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.