Analysis

HUM 2340 Dr. Smeller

ANALYSIS SPECIFICATIONS

Submission: via Turnitin.

Due Dates: See Daily Assignment sheet and/or Unit Writing Assignment sheet for each unit.

Submissions are due by 11:59 p.m. on the date noted. Late assignments will receive a two-point

deduction for each class period they are late. Note that the assignments for the last unit, being

due during the final exam period, may not be turned in late. Any unit 3 assignment not turned in

by the deadline will receive a grade of 0.

Arrangement of Materials: Each assignment in a given unit will have a separate Turnitin

submission link. Revisions of previously submitted analyses resubmitted at the end of a unit

should be incorporated into one Word document, which will be submitted at the appropriate

Turnitin link.

Required Elements: Primary Source Analyses—Two. Choose one work of visual art and one

musical work from the appropriate unit of the course Blackboard site or Diigo page.

Write an analysis (1½ to 2 pages) of each using the Primary Source Analysis guidelines

that follow. Each analysis should begin on a separate page and be clearly titled. Each

will be graded on its completeness, on how well it adduces particular values from the

form and/or content of the work being examined, and on how well it relates those values

to each other and to the integrating value for that cultural matrix.

Personal Values Analysis—One. In advance of the due date, the instructor will present

you a list of some of the values discussed during the unit. The value you analyze must be

drawn from this list. The analysis will center around a specific incident in your life in

which you acted on the value being analyzed. Your analysis (1½ to 2 pages) will be

graded on its completeness, on how clearly the narrative demonstrates the value to be

analyzed, and on how well you employ the relationship and perspective taxonomy.

Response Essay(s)—Assignments will vary with each unit.

You are encouraged to consult the instructor at any point in the preparation of your

assignments. I would be happy to read and comment on drafts of any assignment you

are writing, as long as it is more than one day in advance of the due date.

PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS FORMAT

1. For each unit, you will analyze one visual work and one musical work. These works need not

be ones we discussed in class, but they must be contained on the course Blackboard site or

Diigo page.

2. Each analysis should contain the following sections:

a. Description (6 points): Write a well-developed paragraph (6-12 sentences) describing the work in question. Visual and musical texts should be described in formal terms (see

“Seeing, Listening and Reading Guide”). Use formal terms from the “Seeing, Listening

and Reading Guide” as they seem useful. Do not discuss the values or ideas represented

by the work in the section; give only a formal description.

b. Values Analysis (6 points): Write a well-developed paragraph elucidating what values you think this work represents. Be sure to connect the values you adduce to the formal

description that you offer in the previous section. In other words, tell what aspects of the

work lead you to attribute certain values to it. This connection could include your

emotional reaction to works of music or visual art.

c. Values Relationships (4 points): Write a well-developed paragraph relating the values expressed in this work to each other. Analyze the relationship between each pair of

values you have named. Be sure to use the taxonomy from the “Values Analysis Guide”

to name the way in which these values are related.

d. Integrating Value Relationships (4 points): Write a well-developed paragraph relating the values expressed in this work to the integrating value of the cultural matrix from which it

comes (as named in the “Values” introduction for that cultural matrix.) Be sure to use the

taxonomy from the “Values Analysis Guide” to name the way in which these values are

related. You should analyze this relationship from the standpoint of the subordinate

value. Note that no subordinate value can complement the integrating value.

3. Format: Use subheads at the beginning of each section as below. The text of the analysis

should be double-spaced. The analysis should total 1½ to 2 pages in length.

NAME:

DATE:

PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYZED: [author (if appropriate) and title]

DESCRIPTION:

VALUES ANALYSIS:

VALUES RELATIONSHIPS:

INTEGRATING VALUES RELATIONSHIPS:

PERSONAL VALUES ANALYSIS FORMAT

1. For each portfolio, choose one value from the list provided for the cultural matrix under

consideration and analyze how that value has been exemplified in some event in your

life. The point of this analysis will be to explore how (a) value(s) from a given cultural

matrix remain(s) relevant within our contemporary context.

2. The analysis should contain the following sections:

a. Definition (2 points): Clearly name the value and tell what this value meant in the

context of the cultural matrix from which it is drawn. Do not simply supply a

dictionary definition.

b. Narrative (8 points): Write a narrative that demonstrates how you acted on the value

you have chosen to discuss. You should choose a particular incident in your own

experience and tell how the value was evidenced in your actions (not just in your

thoughts or rhetoric). In addition to reflecting on this main value, you should

name any other values present in this scenario, either in your own behavior or in

that of someone else.

c. Values Relationships (6 points): Discuss how the values exemplified in your narrative

relate to one another, using the values relationship taxonomy from the “Values

Analysis Guide.” Besides naming the relationship between the two values, give a

sense of why you think this term accurately captures how the two values are

related in this scenario.

d. Values Perspective (4 points): Name the perspective (ethnocentrism, relativism, or

tolerance) from which you were acting in the scenario under consideration and

describe how or why you adopted this perspective in that particular instance.

3. Format: Use subheads at the beginning of each section as below. The text of the analysis

should be double spaced. Each section may be of any length, but the analysis should be a

total of 1½ to 2 pages.

NAME:

DATE:

VALUE ANALYZED:

DEFINITION:

NARRATIVE:

VALUES RELATIONSHIPS:

VALUES PERSPECTIVE: