Hum 2234/Test 1/Essay Options

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HUM 2234/Test 1/Essay Options Choose one of the following: I. A contemporary satire: Satire is an age-old form of expression that brings attention to human ignorance and social and political ineptitudes through the use of humor and mockery. For this assignment you are asked to choose a current issue and compose a satire. Your creation must have the elements of satire that we have discussed in class, including humor, wit, parody, etc. Your satire should be 3 paragraphs and should have an original accompanying, original cartoon. Conclude this assignment by writing (minimum of 2 paragraphs) an analysis of your satire and a comparison of your satire and the satiric devices you used with those of Swift and/or Voltaire. II. Create a fictional character who is an educated woman or person of color (or both) of the eighteenth century. Write a first person narrative or story in which you offer some biographical material about yourself and then write astute observations about this “Age of Reason” in which you find yourself (in America, England, or France). Your story may be impassioned, satirical, acutely critical . . . it is up to you. Please quote freely the writers of the period that you admire or would like to admonish. III. Many of the eighteenth century philosophes were what we would call “educational theorists,” writing works that addressed the education of children, women, as well as theories of learning. For this essay, you are asked to research the educational views of John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Mary Wollstonecraft. Identify and discuss their key ideas and innovations. How did these ideas contradict the traditional views of education of their time? Do you see them in practice today? Conclude your essay with a critique of these views. Which seem to you to be the most enlightening and effective, and which seem

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