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GSTR 110-V Dr. Jeff Richey
GSTR 110-X Asian Studies/Philosophy & Religion
Writing Seminar I Berea College
Fall 2007 Jeffrey_Richey@berea.edu
WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
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Section V: 2 copies due in class September 13
Section X: 2 copies due in class September 18
In a grammatically-correct essay of at least 250 typed, double-spaced words in 12-point
font, answer the following questions:
• What is your “culture”?
• According to at least 2 sources available from the Reference Collection in
Hutchins Library, what is the “fundamental belief” underlying the “whole
system” of your culture?
• How do etic views of your culture differ from your emic view?
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Section V: 2 copies due in class September 27
Section X: 2 copies due in class October 2
Using Miner’s “Nacirema” article as a model, in a grammatically-correct essay of at least
500 typed, double-spaced words in 12-point font, answer the following questions:
• What do the “Great Commitments” reveal about the “fundamental belief”
underlying the “whole system” of “Aereb” (Berea) culture?
• How does your etic view of Aereb culture differ from this document’s emic view?
• How would you compare your culture to Aereb culture?
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Section V: 2 copies due in class October 30
Section X: 1 copy due in Draper 204-C November 2 by 2 p.m.
In a grammatically-correct essay of at least 750 typed, double-spaced words in 12-point
font, answer the following questions:
• What do Macbeth, the sources provided in “Shakespearean Culture,” the prefatory
material (Macbeth, pp. xiii-xxiv, xxxii-xli) and at least 2 print or electronic
sources available from Hutchins Library reveal about the “fundamental belief”
underlying the “whole system” of early 17th-century English culture?
• What strikes you as culturally distinct about Macbeth? Why?
• What strikes you as culturally universal about Macbeth? Why?
