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Exploring Identity

Dive into the identities of James Marcia's four stages of identity development and Kalup Linzy's soap opera-inspired performances, reflecting on the characters and their growth. Compare their views on identity crisis, commitment, and exploration, and consider how you would express your own identity on a television show. What genre would best fit your characters - soap opera, sitcom, drama, or comedy?

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Exploring Identity

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  1. Exploring Identity The Works of James Marcia and KalupLinzy

  2. Preview • Imagine that your life has been chosen as the subject of an upcoming television show… • Who are the main characters? What role do they play?

  3. Identity Development • Key to adolescent development

  4. James Marcia’s View of Identity Crisis • Identity crisis occurs because individuals must make commitments on important matters such as occupation, religion, politics, etc.

  5. Marcia’s Four Stages to Achieve Identity #1 Identity Moratorium: • A stage in which one is exploring identity issues • People seriously consider various issues, but do not make a commitment on the choices presented to them

  6. Identity Moratorium Crisis / No Commitment

  7. Marcia’s Four Stages to Achieve Identity #2: Identity Foreclosure: • A stage in which one has made a firm commitment on the choices, but at the influence of others

  8. Identity Foreclosure No Crisis / Commitment

  9. Marcia’s Four Stages to Achieve Identity #3: Identity Confused or Diffused: A stage in which one has no clear sense of identity and have not yet explored identity issues

  10. Identity Confusion or Diffusion No Crisis / No Commitment

  11. Marcia’s Four Stages to Achieve Identity #4: Identity Achievement: A stage in which one has considered many choices and final decision has been made freely

  12. Identity Achievement Crisis / Commitment

  13. (Introducing Kaye) Romantic Loner (2013)

  14. Kalup Linzy

  15. Conversations with de Churen X: One Life to Heal, 2013

  16. As Da Art World Might Turn, 2013

  17. Queen Rose Family Tree, 2014-2015

  18. Process: Think-Write-Pair-Share • Consider the television show of your life discussed at the beginning of the lesson: • After viewing the ways in which Kalup Linzy has expressed various identities, would you express the identity of yourself and your main characters in the same way? • Kalup Linzy expresses the identity development of his characters in soap opera-inspired performance pieces, What genre of television show would best fit with the identities of yourself and your main characters? (e.g. soap opera, sitcom, prime-time drama, comedy, etc.)

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