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F16-CLA215
Take-Home Exam 4
& Paper 6
Directions:
- electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your
attached file should be:
- F16-215-E4-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F16-215-E4-Leuci, Victor)
- F16-215-P6-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F16-215-P6-Leuci, Victor)
- paper copy: bring to class or drop off in the box outside my office prior to the start of the in-class exam
- 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)
- when citing the ancient material from Maurizio's text book, mention the ancient author (if there is one), the ancient work (in italics), then work numbers (if there are any), and then the page number in Maurizio's book
- for the movie(s) make sure you
- have a works cited entry that is correct (see below for what it should look like)
- have good concrete examples, but you don't have to have in-text citations provided that you have mentioned what the name of the movie is in your introduction. However, if you use a copy of the script for direct quotes, then you do need an in-text citation: (Coen, "script, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?") and you will need to include an entry for the script in your works cited "page."
- link for the script of Hercules: click here
- link for the script of the Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?: click here
- 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 entries for ancient authors 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. 2016. Print.
- for Disney's movie: Hercules. Dir. Ron Clements and John Musker. Perf. Tate Donovan, James Woods, Susan Egan, and Danny DeVito. Disney, 1997. VHS. [or DVD if you use a DVD of the movie]
- for the Coen brothers' movie: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?. Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen. Perf. George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman. Touchstone. Pictures, 2000. DVD.
- for the script of Hercules, the entry should look like: Clements, Ron , and John Musker et al. "Hercules Script." Angelfire: Welcome to Angelfire. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. <.http://www.angelfire.com/movies/disneybroadway/herculesscript2.html>.
Take-Home Exam 4 & Paper 6
- Exam, Option 1: Write two 600-1000ish word essays on two of the topics given below:
- Exam, Option 2: Write one 1200-1800 word essay on one of the topics below (pay attention as each topic specifies what to do if doing option 2):
- Paper: chose one of the topics below and write a 600-100ish word essay (note: you can't write on the same topic for both paper 6 and the exam!)
- Reminder: Each essay can't cover individuals covered in other essays on the exam or paper 6, i.e. if you write about Meg in the traits topic for Paper 6, you can't write about Meg in the doctor's companion topic for the exam.
Topics:
- Edwards' on Female Heroism: see Maurizio, pp 623–629.
- Source Material:
— For Meg: Disney's Hercules.
— For Penny: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
— For Medea: Euripides' Medea, (Maurizio, pp 511–519) and/or Ovid' Metamorphoses, VII (Maurizio, pp 529–537) - Paper 6 & Option 1 Prompt: Examine one of the characters (Meg, Penny, Medea) with regard to the Edwards' ideas. Either in your introduction or in the main body of your essay, detail what Edwards' ideas are.
- Option 2 Prompt: Examine all three characters (Meg, Penny and Medea) with regard to the Edwards' ideas. Either in your introduction or in the main body of your essay, detail what Edwards' ideas are.
- Source Material:
- "Survivor: Mythology II" on the "Myth" channel. Determine, based on the evidence and the criterion below, who would win and who not and why.
- Admissible Evidence:
— The movies for Hercules and Everett
— the primary source material in Maurizio for Odysseus (Ch 12), Aeneas (Ch12), and Gilgamesh (Ch 12), and the secondary material in Maurizio for Amor (Ch13).
— If you need extra source material, you may use the primary and secondary source material in Maurizio's Chapter 10 & 12 for Aeneas and Gilgamesh, and the secondary source material in Maurizio's Ch 12 for Odysseus. - Sole Criterion: the definition of honor/shame as given in the pdf in Moodle (start your paper with a brief definition or include as you go along)
- Paper 6/Option 1: Two Contestants from: Hercules, Everett, Odysseus, Aeneas, Gilgamesh, Amor
- Option 2: Three-Four Contestants from: Hercules, Everett, Odysseus, Aeneas, Gilgamesh, Amor
- Admissible Evidence:
- The Doctor's Companion:
- Source material: Their audition material consists of
— the movies for Meg and Penny,
— the primary source material in Maurizio for Circe (Ch 12), Iphigenia (Ch 13), and Thecla (Ch 13),
— and the secondary material in Maurizio for Psyche (Ch13).
— If you need extra, you may use the secondary source material in Maurizio's Chapter 13 for Circe & Iphigenia. - Prompt: You are the new casting director for the show Doctor Who and, with the upcoming departure of the current showrunner Steven Moffat, the new showrunner Chris Chibnall has decided to cast a new person for the role of "the Companion." As casting direction, you need to narrow down the possible canditates whom you will present to the new showrunner for consideration. If you've never watched the show, here is a BBCAmerica article about the top 10 companions that does a good job describing the characteristics of a good companion (click here). Make sure you have good argumentation with solid facts to back up your arguments.
- Paper 6 & Option 1: 2 from the following: Circe, Iphigenia, Thecla, Meg, & Penny.
- Option 2: 3-4 from the following: Circe, Iphigenia, Thecla, Meg, & Penny.
- Source Material:
— the song "I am a man of constant sorrow" by the Soggy Bottom Boys in the movie (lyrics click here) (youtube video from Academy Awards performance: click here).
— Odysseus' "song" , i.e. Odysseus' recounting of his travels to the Phaeacians (books 9–12; use either the selections in Maurizio or at least one book from books 9-12 from Ian Johnston's translation click here).
— Songs from Herecules such as "Go The Distance" and "I Won't Say (I'm In Love)", or other such songs from the movie - Paper 6 & Option 1: Prompt: Compare and contrast the contents and role of the song(s) from one of the movies and the Odyssey
- Option 2: Prompt: Compare and contrast the contents and role of the song(s) from all three listed above
- Reminder: This is a compare/contrast topic—see pdf in Moodle for how to organize!