Read 3 stories: ” The Chaser,” ” The Story of an Hour,” ” Button, Button”

ASSIGNMENT 5: Worksheet on Semiotic and Gender Analysis of 4 Stories
For this assignment, you need to use the provided Worksheet (see below) to answer 10 questions where you will provide brief responses / Semiotic and Gender analysis on 4 stories: “The Lottery” and ” The Chaser,” ” The Story of an Hour,” ” Button, Button.”
1. Read 3 stories: ” The Chaser,” ” The Story of an Hour,” ” Button, Button” – (see below and also in Files)
2. Consider the Handout on “Gender Roles and Expectations”( important as some terms from here are used in the assignment worksheet)
HANDOUT Gender Paradigm-Patriarchy and Feminism.pdf Download HANDOUT Gender Paradigm-Patriarchy and Feminism.pdf
3. Consider our next theorist and the videos
LECTURE NOTE: Judith Butleris our theorist for Gender Studies, who in her book Gender Trouble claims that gender as performative. Butler believes that gender exists only because it is socially constructed .
READ: Theorist Judith Butler Explains How Behavior Creates Gender.docxDownload Theorist Judith Butler Explains How Behavior Creates Gender.docx
WATCH: click on the highlighted titles below for 3 videos ( those are active links and should redirect to the videos)
1. What is Gender? | Philosophy TubeLinks to an external site.
2. Judith Butler’s Theory of Gender PerformativityLinks to an external site.
3. Butler’s Talk.Links to an external site.
ASSIGNMENT TO DO:
4. Consider the Assignment 5 WORKSHEET Download Assignment 5 WORKSHEETand follow the instructions as you respond to the 9 questions on the worksheet.
* Download the worksheet, type your responses to the questions , save on your computer and then upload on Canvas/ Assignments
ASSIGNMENT 5_ Worksheet_ Analysis Responses of 4 Stories.docx Download ASSIGNMENT 5_ Worksheet_ Analysis Responses of 4 Stories.docx
Here are the READINGS YOU NEED FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT
Story 1_ “The Chaser” .pdf Download Story 1_ “The Chaser” .pdf
Story 2_ “The Story of an Hour”. pdfDownload Story 2_ “The Story of an Hour”. pdf
Story 3_”Button, Button”.pdf Download Story 3_”Button, Button”.pdf