Analyzing Cultural Attitudes

Subgroup Size

Pairs

Duration

1 hour

External cost

No

Source

Activity created by Dr. Katie Jarriel, Purdue University Honors College

 

LeGuin, U. (1976). The Word for World is Forest. Berkley Books.

Lesson Plan

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Discover and assess linguistic patterns using digital textual analysis that indicate the cultural attitudes of characters in a piece of fiction. 2. Compare and contrast the cultural attitudes of different characters in a piece of fiction. 3. Gain basic familiarity with Voyant, a browser-based textual analysis tool.