Posted: July 15th, 2015

The Politics of Fiction,” Elif Shafak.

Artifacts
Letters to magazines, newspapers, or web sites that you read.
Readings

Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10

Viewings

“The Politics of Fiction,” Elif Shafak.

“The Lost Art of Democratic Debate” Michael Sandel.

Format

Double-spaced. Include at least 10 outside scholarly and 10 outside popular sources

Content

Building on our previous multimedia assignment, our culture also offers news and opinion on a 24-hour basis. Presentations of stories persuade audiences or spread information and misinformation.

This assignment asks you to think critically and respond directly to an issue of current importance, communicating your analysis and reaction.

Consider the following kinds of questions as inspiration for your research essay:

What is your interest in the issue, and why?

What else have you read elsewhere in scholarly journals and popular news sources that confirms or contradicts your view of the issue?

Feel free to include the following proof:

Art, including songs, poems, stories, movies, paintings, graffiti

Documentaries or reality television

Political campaigns or speeches

Journalism

Social media

Opinions of others or yourself, especially in recommendations or conclusion

Graphs, charts, tables of others or your own

Government or NGO reports or statistics

Survey (including SurveyMonkey)

Interviews with experts or lay

Personal experience

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