Order Description
Analyze using literary deconstruction and or new historicism as critical lenses the myth, tall tale,folk tale, or cultural story that you chose from a culture you claim and relate to. In your analysis of your myth, tall tale, folk tale or cultural story, you may choose to explore some of the following story characteristics in your essay:
Social themes(gender differences, gender roles, rites of manhood or womanhood), references to social class, concepts of race, cultural practices and rituals described and the importance of the cultural ritual(funeral ceremonies, wedding ceremonies, rites of passage, etc,), cultural lessons or morals inherent in your story/tale, protagonists and the antagonists, story themes and drama, and any references to a religion or belief system.