you will be asked to write what I call a Digital Book for this class. This will be a “book” about our class themes. The target length is 6,500 words. The page count does not matter – this gives you the freedom to format your book however you want – but it works out to roughly twenty-six pages.
One way you can arrange your book is to pick one of daily lecture Questions and write your response to it. You can pick multiple questions and give short answers to them, or just focus on one; or you can create your own questions. It is up to you how much space you devote to each question. You can also change the order around.
In order to receive a grade of A, your writing should be both clear and interesting, where ‘clear’ means ‘written in easy to understand English’, while ‘interesting’ means, basically, your own reflections, with no plot summary. You will receive feedback indicating whether you are meeting these two criteria and formatting your book correctly.
in the document uploaded apply reflections and thoughts on each Greek character listed.
Category: Mythology
1.) Write two myths dealing with heroes.
If you pick this set of tales, you will be writing two stories about heroes (a term that includes divinities who act heroically, heroeswho are partially divine or even heroes who are totally human – and do not forget the tricksters). If you decide on this choice for your paper, the guidelines that follow are a bit different: you may pick two heroes we have studied in this class OR you may invent two of your own heroes
This is what you need to consider first:
Heroes often have character traits that are larger than life. Both their flaws and strengths may be beyond those of ordinary folks. Heroes also go on quests – to fulfill their destiny/find a treasure/learn answers to questions/rescue others from danger – the reasons depend on the hero/context/function of the tale. Heroes may or may not survive at the end, and they may even resort to magic or trickery if it helps them succeed. These are some of the lessons we have learned – keep these lessons in mind.
*IF you choose to write about two heroes we have already studied, you MUST keep their character/nature/cultural background EXACTLY as it has been depicted in the tales. You cannot change THEM – in other words, you cannot give Thor the wisdom to learn from his own failures if he is one of your choices. What you MUST change, however, is the context – bring your two heroes out of the time/place from which they came and into the 21st century. They will still have the heroic nature and characteristics from the past, but you are setting them far outside their “comfort zone” to do whatever you have called them to do.
What sort of task or quest will you give them? How will they behave and why? You will weave these two tales, from beginning to the end, keeping in mind that your hero’s lack of familiarity with our world and our ways may present some interesting challenges. Each tale is to be approx. 3 pages long.
*IF, on the other hand, you choose to invent two heroes of your own, you will create those characters according to the type of heroic figure you intend them to represent. THEN…you will transport each character back to a specific time/place and civilization that we have already studied. You are NOT setting the stage in this case – you are inserting into an actual context and culture a figure from a totally different reality. You will need to be clear about where/when that is, as long as it comes from the material for this class. Your heroes will each then have to deal with existing circumstances, beliefs, peoples, etc. They may be outside their own “comfort zone” because you have created them and then placed them in that spot.
What will they do there? How will they demonstrate their heroic qualities and fulfill their duties as heroes? Will their behaviors be understood by those around them? Will they be acknowledged as heroic?
Remember that each one of them will be in a separate tale – each tale is to be at least 3 pages long, with a beginning, middle and end that fits with the theme you have chosen.
STATE YOUR THESIS OR KEY QUESTION * APPLY RELEVANT THEORIES/METHODS * EXAMINE/COMPARE CASE STUDIES * REVEAL SIMILARITIES/DIFFERENCES OR PATTERNS/VARIATIONS * SHARE (insightful) CONCLUSIONS
Technical requirements:
* 12 double-spaced pages, Time 12 font, Word file, 1-page Notes/References + 1 page Bibliography (must contain articles and books; and only 2-3 academic website, if necessary. A paper without a relevant Bibliography or websites only cannot be accepted). The key ideas and your conclusions must be highlighted in boldface.
The project proposal is structured around three main thematic areas
Universal Archetypes and Themes: The first aspect of the research involves a detailed study of the archetypes and the themes which are found in the hero’s journeys across different cultural settings. With reference to Joseph Campbell’s monomyth, the study intends to explore and identify common themes, including the call to adventure, the crossings of thresholds, trials and challenges, and eventually, the hero’s transformation. Through studying the archetypal elements of folktales from various cultural settings, the study seeks to identify those base human experiences and values that are common to all.
Types of Heroic Stories: The second thematic area focuses on identifying various kinds of heroic stories from folklore such as epics, legends, and myths. Every type of story depicts a specific cultural vision and the society’s attitude towards heroism and human existence, unveiling how people perceive these concepts. By using comparative analysis of these stories, this research aims to uncover the different ways in which heroes are shown, praised, and respected within different cultural backgrounds.
Cultural Significance of Mythological Creatures: The study’s third part focuses on cultural significance of mythological creatures which acted as central characters in the folktales. Generally, such creatures concretize the cultural anxieties, beliefs, and expectations as well as being the very symbols that are admired by people old and young alike. Through the examination of how different cultural contexts present and interpret mythical creatures, the research intends to discover the hidden cultural patterns and values which are the basis of these narratives
Content requirements:
(1) You must deliver a comparative paper on the topic approved by the Instructor, and based on your earlier submitted proposal.
(2) Choose three most relevant case studies (myth or folklore related stories, media including); each should be from three cultures/traditions.
Suggestion: select one familiar to you or from your heritage, another from the culture you want to know more about; and the third from the English-speaking narrative world as the most transcultural and widespread storytelling media these days. This way you can cover the dear/familiar, the intriguing/unfamiliar and the language of the global (media) communication.
(3) Make sure you have the clear Conclusions, which stem from your comparative analysis.
NB! Requirements — mandatory: three sections or layers
* 1/3 of the course paper must be based on the application of the theories and ideas of this course: choose the most relevant, interesting to you, or methodologically useful for you analysis.
* 1/3 of the paper must bring in theories and ideas from any other reliable academic sources, which you must also effectively employ in your analysis. (Recommended: the sources I prioritize; or any other you discover on your own. Note: great books cannot be “dated” — the earlier studies may be more profound than the recent ones).
* The final 1/3 must be your own findings and conclusions — your input as a researcher, potentially your published article or Master’s thesis). See below the “best practices” to enhance your own contribution.
The final will consist of three question options, worth 50 points each. Students are to choose two of these options to answer in an essay format. Each question’s answer is to be a minimum of 500 words and no more than 750. Essays are to be a file upload, double-spaced, your name and date in the upper right corner on the first page only. Please specify the number of the question, proofread your work, and cite sources both in text and on a Works Cited page. Your essay must be supported by the judicious use of quotes and specific details. Question 1: When ancient Northern Europeans began to feel the influence of the Roman invasions in the first century AD, they tried to fit their gods into the Greco-Roman mythos, or vice-versa. They identified Thor with Hercules, or with Zeus, though clearly these two Greco-Roman gods had very different roles in the hierarchy of the gods and different mythic experiences. Discuss the ways in which Thor compares to these Greek deities, and the ways in which he differs from both. What gives Thor his unique position among the Northern Europeans? The sources for this should be the Library of Greek Mythology by Apollodorus or a similar collection, Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman, and this site that gives more information about Thor: https://mythopedia.com/topics/thor You can use any of the material about heroes from the class as well. Question 2:
Women play a prominent role in tragedy and in Greek myth. Develop an argument for EITHER the nobility and heroism of women OR their instability and danger. Choose only ONE of these positions and discuss how the women (pick three of them) you choose prove your claim. You can use mortal and immortal women for this discussion. The essay should be supported by clear and specific evidence that is cited to a source. Question 3:
Your task is to pick only one character to focus on for this question set. All of us throughout time have been a part of a culture where we both take and give from it. The idea of reciprocity, or behavior in which two people or groups of people give each other help and advantages, is one that ensures the survival of societies. Using a character from one of the dramas (plays), one of the epics (Homer’s works), or the Norse myths, explain this individual’s relationship with his or her larger society. How did the culture create or limit choices for the individual? How free was the individual to make their own choices?
Isn’t letting me change due date but can you please have it done before noon tomorrow. (Tuesday May 7th @noon)
Connect the amazonians to the movie Wonder Women and explain their way of living and how they relate and explain the downfall of the amazonians and the reason for their downfall.
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Discuss how the viewpoints of the authors differ.
Explain Antigones actions using virtue ethics and deontology and analyze the authors similarities and differences.
Provide a 2-3 page summary of each article and a brief reflection on how the articles differ from one another AND from your own perspectives on the topic (this section should be at least 1-2 paragraphs).
use the articles provided
For your final project you will select some “modern” (from the Renaissance to the present day) media or practice that borrows from or is an adaptation/ retelling of a Classical myth. This can be visual art (painting, sculpture, etc.), literature (novel, comic books), film, video games, advertisement, technology and science (e.g., NASA), etc. You will answer the following questions:
-What is the story that is being adapted? Where does the story come from in antiquity (i.e., is it from a particular text such as the Iliad)? Why do you think the creators chose this myth?
-What changes (if any) are made from the original myth and why do you think these changes were made?
-Who is the audience for this piece? How clear do you think it is that this piece comes from Classical mythology. For instance, the movie “Troy” is likely to be well understood as coming from Greek mythology while the film “Oh Brother, Where Art Though? (which is based on the Odyssey) has less clear Classical roots.
Your paper should be:
2-4 pages
double-spaced
Times New Roman 12
parenthetical citations to indicate sources within the paper
Works Cited page at the end (not included in the 2-4 pages)
Sophia the butterfly of the macrocosm her wings contains outer space inner space hyper space and cyber space
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Papers should be focused, 500 word, response essays to one distinct idea proposed by one of the six philosophers covered in the past six weeks: Ross, Sartre, Williams, Nagel, Harman, or Foot. It does not have to (and really can’t) address everything they say, so don’t try. In your paper, you should take a critical position on the idea you’ve chosen to write about by critically engaging with the author’s arguments (i.e. his reasons) and respond to them (if they’re not true, say why; if they’re mistaken, say why; if they’re only partly right, say why; etc.). The thesis of the paper should criticize the author’s position for failing to accommodate a good point or for being wrong or unconvincing for specific reasons. Whatever you say about your chosen idea, you must provide good reasons for your position on it.
The word length is a firm target for the essay. Part of the assignment is to write a coherent essay that fits 500 words. A paper may receive full points if it is under or over by 20 words or so, but it will lose points beyond these limits. You should never add long quotes or meaningless filler sentences to reach 500 words. If you are afraid you can’t write enough, think of an idea you’ve read that you can say three distinct comments about. Each paragraph you write will be about one of those comments.
The use of outside sources is not required for this paper. Don’t make more work for yourself! You should only provide them in special cases, such as to support some empirical claim you make that isn’t obvious. If you do use an outside source, and only if you do, you will need to have a bibliography so you can cite that source accordingly. Only peer-reviewed academic sources should be cited (i.e. journal articles, but this includes both the Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyLinks to an external site. online and the Internet Encyclopedia of PhilosophyLinks to an external site.). If you do not use an outside source, you still need in-text citations including author and page number. Furthermore, in-text citations should be used for any and all quotes or paraphrasing. You may use MLA, APA, Harvard, or Chicago/Turabian style guides in providing a full bibliography, if needed. More here: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/Links to an external site.. Please do not forget to proofread your paper before you submit it!
TOPIC SUGGESTIONS
The following are suggestions for essay topics. You may choose to write your essay on one of these or on your own idea (assuming it fits the assignment guidelines).
Jean Paul Sartre’s existentialist ideas lead to moral subjectivism. He denies this creates a problem, but his three reasons in defense of this have issues, as I will explain.
While what Bernard Williams says about the fallacy of “vulgar relativism” is true, Gilbert Harman is wrong not to take a side on the moral relativism/absolutism debate. Clearly, [relativism or absolutism] is the stronger position for the following three reasons.
Like W.D. Ross, Thomas Nagel argues that, contrary to consequential reasons, there are “agent-relative” deontological constraints that make it wrong to do things like twist a child’s arm in order to get life-saving transportation to a hospital. However, this isn’t true in all cases. In the following three cases [or following three reasons], agent-neutral, impersonal claims supersede agent-relative claims about certain acts.
Philippa Foot says that many conclusions of moral subjectivism stem from seeing that moral demands are different than what practical rationality requires, and that this is a mistake. However, she is wrong to claim that the rationality of moral action is “on a par” with the rationality of self-preservation and desire-satisfaction for the following three reasons.
FORMAT
You should format your paper as follows:
500 words
3 paragraphs (intro and conclusion paragraphs not needed and discouraged)
The first sentence of your first paragraph should make clear which idea from which philosopher you will be analyzing. The rest of that paragraph, and following paragraphs should each focus on a specific aspect about that idea or a specific reason it doesn’t work. (One paragraph per aspect about or reason to reject philosopher’s idea).
Header should include your name and the philosopher under consideration only, nothing else.
At least one short quote in every paragraph with in-text citation that includes author and page number.
12 pt. Times New Roman font only
Single spaced
Include all relevant in-text citations and a bibliography (if necessary) in the format indicated below:
Example of in-text citing from the Purdue Owl Style Guide
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).
Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).
Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).
Also from the Owl:
When you cite a work that appears inside a larger source (for instance, an article in a periodical or an essay in a collection), cite the author of the internal source (i.e., the article or essay). For example, to cite Albert Einstein’s article “A Brief Outline of the Theory of Relativity,” which was published in Nature in 1921, you might write something like this:
Relativity’s theoretical foundations can be traced to earlier work by Faraday and Maxwell (Einstein 782).
Rubric
Short Essay Rubric (2)
Short Essay Rubric (2)
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAccuracy
40 pts
Full Marks
The paper reflects a high degree of understanding according to the level of depth achieved in this class, and is rather insightful. It sufficiently and accurately explains the ideas under consideration and no claims made in the student’s response require further qualification or elaboration to be understood or to be deemed accurate or plausible comments on the author’s idea.
35 pts
Good
The paper reflects a mostly reasonable degree of understanding according to the level of depth achieved in this class. It sufficiently and accurately explains the ideas under consideration and few claims made in the student’s response require further qualification or elaboration to be understood or to be deemed accurate or plausible comments on the author’s idea.
30 pts
Decent
The paper reflects some degree of understanding according to the level of depth achieved in this class. It fairly explains the ideas under consideration but a few claims made in the student’s response require further qualification or elaboration to be understood or to be deemed accurate or plausible comments on the author’s idea. They ought to have been further developed to convey an accurate understanding.
25 pts
Fair
The paper reflects some degree of understanding according to the level of depth achieved in this class, but there are mistakes. It attempts to explain the ideas under consideration but a few claims made in the student’s response require further qualification or elaboration to be understood or to be deemed accurate or plausible comments on the author’s idea. They ought to have been further developed to convey an accurate understanding. The accuracy of the responses ultimately falls short of a 30/40 in this category.
20 pts
Needs Work
The paper reflects an attempt to understanding the ideas according to the level of depth achieved in this class, but has noticeable mistakes. It attempts to explain the ideas under consideration but quite a few claims made in the student’s response require further qualification or elaboration to be understood or to be deemed accurate or plausible comments on the author’s idea. They ought to have been further developed to convey an accurate understanding. The accuracy of the responses ultimately falls short of a 25/40 in this category.
10 pts
Several Issues
The paper has too many mistakes. It attempts to explain the ideas under consideration but too many claims made in the student’s response require further qualification or elaboration to be understood or to be deemed accurate or plausible comments on the author’s idea. They ought to have been further developed to convey an accurate understanding. The accuracy of the responses ultimately falls short of a 20/40 in this category.
0 pts
No Marks
Off Topic or No Submission or not good enough for 10 points.
40 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeFormat
15 pts
Full Marks
The paper follows the prescribed format regarding sentence spacing, paragraphs, font, and overall organization.
10 pts
Some Issues
The paper mostly follows the prescribed format but there might be small issues regarding sentence spacing, paragraphs, font, or overall organization.
5 pts
Issues
The paper attempts to follow the prescribed format but there might be issues regarding sentence spacing, paragraphs, font, or overall organization, more than what would qualify it for a 10/15.
0 pts
No Marks
There are too many or too serious formatting issues present.
15 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLength
15 pts
Full Marks
Word count does not deviate by more than 20 words.
10 pts
Some Issues
Word count does not deviate by more than 50 words.
5 pts
Issues
Word count does not deviate by more than 100 words.
0 pts
No Marks
Word count deviates by more than 100 words.
15 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeReferences
15 pts
Full Marks
One significant quote is referenced from the relevant assigned readings (not videos or other media) in each paragraph. The quote does not take up more than 10% of the total paragraph. It is clear how the quote is related to the idea or response the student is providing. In-text citations are used, and used appropriately.
10 pts
Some Issues
Quotes are referenced, although there are issues: Either the quotes do takes up more than 10% of a given paragraph, or it’s unclear how it contributes or relates to the student’s answer or to the philosopher’s idea itself. In-text citations may not always be used, or used appropriately.
5 pts
Issues
Quotes are referenced, although there are more issues than could justify a 10/15 here: Either the quotes do takes up more than 10% of a given paragraph, or it’s unclear how it contributes or relates to the student’s answer or to the philosopher’s idea itself. In-text citations are not always be used, or used appropriately.
0 pts
No Marks
No references are used, or they are not appropriate for this assignment for some reason (perhaps not a quote from the actual reading assignment, the quote is from a video, the quote is from class discussion, or something else). In-text citations are not used, or used appropriately.
15 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWriting Quality
15 pts
Full Marks
Minimal or no grammatical, typographical, or other writing issues present.
10 pts
Some Issues
Some grammatical, typographical, or other writing issues present.
5 pts
Issues
Quite a few grammatical, typographical, or other writing issues present.
0 pts
No Marks
Too many grammatical, typographical, or other writing issues present.
15 pts
Total Points: 100
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