The student is required to select a fictional literary work (approximate 300 plus pages) that takes place in a foreign country, written by an in-country author that depicts everyday life in the country. The assignment: read the narrative and determine the following: the national cultural characteristics of the host-country; where the story take place (urban or rural setting); determine the protagonist’s cultural characteristics and behavior; and lastly, does the story correlate with what is generally viewed to be the country’s national cultural characteristics? The written assignment should be of 4-5 pages in length.
