The Assignment will ask you to write two different essays quoting directly from at least three different titles from our reading list. You may not use the same writers or works in both essays. E.g., if you use 1001 Nights in Essay 1, you cannot use it in Essay 2. Do not use titles not on the syllabus. You must write on both given topics.
Essay 1 will give you a thesis to either support or argue against engaging the images of gender (feminine, masculine, and other) we’ve been discussing all term.
Essay 2 will give you a thesis to either support or argue against engaging the morality and didactic depictions of leaders, heroes, and deities we’ve also been discussing all term.
The two general topics (again, you must write on both):
- Images of Gender–we have been discussing this theme all term–it was on the Mid-Term, but our discussions keep coming back to this topic, so I think it’s worth exploring over the course of our readings.
- Images of Morals and Morality coming from heroic figures (of all kinds) in World Literature. This has also be a theme in many of our discussions–so think about what the lessons are that these stories suggest to us and whether or not they have continuing value today.
Take about an hour to complete each of your responses–but be detailed and specific–a response without direct quotes from all three texts you choose will likely not pass.
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