Gorgon's
head on a silver coin of Naples
permission
to
use
image
granted
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F11:
CLA215, Mythology:
Topics for Paper 4
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The god Apollo
on a gold coin of Syracuse
image courtesy
of Edgar
L.
Owen, #3803
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Directions:
- electronic copy: e-mail me
at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu); the name of your
attached file should be:
- F11-215-P4-Last
Name, First Name (e.g. F11-215-P4-Smith, Joan)
- paper copy: bring to
class
- length: 600-1000ish
- sources:
- The
selections from Eurpides' Medea in Powell's text (and
Leonard & McClure's and/or Powell's texts on
Levi-Strauss).
- citing reminders:
- you must cite your
sources of information
(facts, theories, etc.)
- Euripides' Medea: give
author, play title, line numbers, and the page number
the first time you cite the play; thereafter, just the
line numbers (unless you've mentioned the play and the
author in your main text, in which case just give the
line numbers), e.g.
- 1st time you cite:
Medea says: "Better three times to face the foe in
battle than only once to bear the pangs of
childbirth." (Euripides, Medea, 251-251, p520)
- thereafter:
Medea says: "Call me tigress, call me a Scylla in
her Tuscan cave -- I still have wrung your heart as
it deserved." (1363-4, p 529)
- Works Cited "Page" reminders:
- at beginning of paper not on a separate sheet
- for the Medea, this is
what your entry should look like: Euripides. Medea. Transl.
Herbert M. Howe. Classical
Myth. By Barry B. Powell. 7th edition. Boston: Pearson.
2012. Print
- if doing the topic on
structuralism, the entries for Powell's text or
Leonard & McClure's text should be as usual
- only include entries
for what you used in your paper
- make sure the Works
Cited "Page" is in the same font and same point size
as your main text
- make sure that you use
hanging indents for the Works Cited
- writing intensive:
- don't forget to turn
in the draft copy with my or the Writing labs'
comments on it for it to count towards your revised
paper total (and don't forget to make the revisions!)
- print this out and
bring this to your writing lab conference and have the
tutor sign here:
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- for more information, click here
Write
on one of the topics below:
1) In the chapter on Jason,
Powell's text give us some selections from Euripides' Medea. Using only the
selections from the play in our text, what does the play
reveal about ancient Greek male/female interactions. As usual make sure you
give good, specific examples from the play. See above for how
to cite the play.
2) In the chapter on Jason,
Powell's text give us some selections from Euripides' Medea. Using only the
selections from the play in our text, what does
the play reveal about about the expectations of
men and/or women and whether they act according to those
expectations. As usual make sure you give good, specific
examples from the play. See above for how to cite the play.
3) Apply Levi-Strauss' theory of structuralism to the
selections from Euripides' Medea
that are in Powell's text. In your introduction
briefly state what the theory is. Make sure you give
specific and concrete examples from the play to back up your
observations. Organize your paper based on the opposites that
you find, i.e. each opposite or opposite group should have its
own paragraph.