Literature and Cultural Memory

In “Communicative and Cultural Memory,” Jan Assmann draws on his own classic work “Collective Memory and Cultural Identity” to analyze a concept he calls “cultural memory.” In two to three pages (excluding title and reference pages), explain in your own words what cultural memory is and apply this concept to literature. How does literary representation…

The Agrarian Solution

Write a paper evaluating agrarianism as a spiritual response to the environmental crisis. First, analyze agrarianism’s diagnosis of the root      cause of human alienation from nature and its proposed solution. Examine      how the agrarian solution differs from the solutions to the environmental      crisis proposed by other environmental movements such as deep ecology. Finally, evaluate the…

Persuasion Versus Judgment

Consider various guidelines for approaching controversial topics, gathering evidence, forming judgments, and constructing arguments to persuade others to agree with our judgments. For this short assignment: Think about the processes of forming a judgment and persuading others in your professional environment. Construct a 2- to 3-paragraph essay intended to persuade someone to agree with your…