F10-CLA
215:
Topics
for
Paper
5
Check-list
Directions:
electronic copy: e-mailed to me at
victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu);
the name of your attached file
should be: F10-215-P5-Last Name, First
Name
(e.g. F10-215-P5-Smith, Joan)
paper copy: bring to
class
length:
600-1000ish
only use the sources
indicated
in the topics
citing:
have
cited
your
sources
of
information
(facts,
theories,
etc).
every
main body paragraph should have citations
included
author
and
specific
page
numbers
when
citing
from
books,
but
for
this
paper, when
citing from Aeschylus' plays or from Homer's Odyssey, cite the ancient
author, the ancient work, and the line numbers, e.g. if you quoted the
following: "O horror! their father takes it, tastes it, eats. For this,
I tell you, a certain mangy lion plots his revenge on my returning
master," your
citation
should look like this: (Aeschylus, Agamemnon
1222-4).
bibliography:
at
the
end
of
the
paper
and
not
on
a separate sheet
only
included
entries
for
what
you
used
in
your
paper
the
bibliography
is
in
the
same
font
as
your
main
text
used
hanging
indents
for
the
bibliography
used
MLA
7th
edition
or
APA
6th
edition
or
Chicago
Manual of Style
for
this
paper, the
biblio entry for the Aeschylus passage given above should start:
Aeschylus. Agamemnon. in
Barry B. Powell. Classical Myth.
... (continue as usual)
writing intensive, if
conferenced with writing lab:
writing
lab
tutor
signature:
______________________________________________
Write
on
one of the topics
below:
1.
We recently covered in class the Charter Theory of Myth interpretation.
In paraphrasing Malinowski, Powell states "myths justify and validate
economic, political, social, and religious realities." (Powell, p 630
in 4th edit). Powell gives excerpts from Aeschylus' Oresteia in the section outlining
Agamemnon's return from Troy through Orestes' trial.
Paying close attention to the actual passages given in Powell for the
plays in the Oresteia (Agamemnon, Choephori, and Eumenides), detail specific
"economic, political, social, and[/or] religious realities" of the
Greeks that these passages "justify" or "validate" and
how these passages "justify" or "validate" them. You may
use Powell's summaries between the actual passages to help out when
needed. For citing from the plays and for the biblio entries see the
special directions listed above.
2. We recently covered in class the Charter Theory of
Myth
interpretation. In paraphrasing Malinowski, Powell states "myths
justify and validate economic, political, social, and religious
realities." (Powell, p 630 in 4th edit). Powell gives a lengthy excerpt
from Homer's Odyssey in
Chapter 21. Paying close attention to the actual
passages from the Odyssey
given in Powell for the Polyphemus episode,
detail specific "economic, political, social, and[/or] religious
realities" of the Greeks that these passages "justify" or "validate"
and how these passages "justify" or "validate" them.
For citing from the Odyssey
and for the biblio entry see
the special directions listed above.