Week 3 – Assignment

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 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 of historical events help create our sense of cultural identity? Cite Assmann and other authors, as appropriate, to support your argument.

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Guidelines for Incorporating Quotes (ATTACHED). 

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (ATTACHED).for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.