Directions:
- electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your
attached file (not the subject header of your e-mail) should be:
- F16-215-P3-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F16-215-P3-Leuci, Victor)
- paper copy: bring to class
- length: 600-1000ish
- Sources: Use only the sources mentioned in the individual topics below
- In-text Citations
- you must have in-text citations for your sources of information (facts, theories, parts of myths, etc.)
- every main body paragraph should have in-text citations (you want at least 2 good examples with citations per paragraph)
- In your introduction mention the ancient Greek source you are going to exam — the Hymn 4: To Hermes or Euripides' Bacchae — and then don't mention it again.
- In your main body, when referring to the Hymn or Euripides' Bacchae, just give the line number(s), e.g. (283–285)
- Works Cited "Page" reminders:
- to save paper, don't put on a separate page
- in the same font, font size, etc. as your main text
- use hanging indents
- Works Cited entry for an ancient author from Maurizio's text book should follow the same format as the following example (for author, work, translator, etc. see xi–xiii): Virgil. The Aeneid. Transl. Frederick Ahl. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford University Press. 2008. In Classical Myth in Context. Lisa Maurizio. New York: Oxford University Press. 2015.
- 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: _______________________
Write on one of the following topics:
- Liminality: Examine Hymn 4: To Hermes, pp 296–309, with regard to the Turner's ideas (see pp 411–413). Either in your introduction or in the main body of your essay, detail what Turner's ideas are.
- Tricksters: Examine the passage from Euripides' Bacchae, pp 401–411, with regard to trickster criteria set forth on pp 310–311. Make sure you specify which criteria you are using.
