SOC PAPER
Cameran73
INSTRUCTIONS.docxFinal Project Paper: Instructions
Choose a documentary or other film to analyze through the lens of one theorist, theory, or perspective (i.e. Karl Marx, or Symbolic Interactionism, or Feminist Theory, etc). You will complete this with your outline, which hopefully should help create your final paper (should overlap with the instructions below).
The paper should be approximately four pages (double-spaced, Times New Roman font); points will be deducted if the paper is shorter than three pages or longer than five.
1. Double-spaced, approximately four pages, Times New Roman font. 2 points will be deducted if the paper is less than 3 pages or more than 5 pages
2. The paper should include:
· Title – centered, top of the first page of the paper (no title pages necessary).
· Introduction:
· First paragraph: (brief) summary of the movie, including an introduction to major characters (just what I would need to know to follow your analysis).
· Second paragraph: “road map” paragraph – state what you will cover in the paper (introduce the theory, theorist, or perspective in relation to the movie).
· Critical Analysis (core topics of discussion):
· Cover three concept topics:
1. Stranger (George Simmel)
2. Front/Back Stage (Erving Goffman)
3. Breaching Experiment (Harold Garfinkel
· Each concept must be a page
· First half- explain the concept from the theorist aspect
· Second half- where is the concept shown in the movie and how does it correlate to the concept and theorist
· Conclusion:
· Summation of the major points covered throughout the paper (i.e. the “take away points”). In general, this should summarize each of your core topics. This actually can look similar to your road map paragraph (but it can be in more detail).
· Reference list: On a separate page (not to be included in total page count). ASA style preferred, but not required. One point off if no reference list.
Grammar and editing: I can deduct points off for grammar and/or editing errors, if they create difficulties in understanding your points or arguments, or take away from your paper in a significant manner.
