Assignment
Position Paper Guidelines:
For the position papers in this class (World Literature I), choose a major point or position about the readings that you can discuss and critically analyze in 3-5 pages. You get to pick your topics from the readings. Your topic can be on one work or an overall theme you see in multiple works such as manhood, motherhood, the plight of women, children, the elderly, the poor, or anything else. You can describe a trend in a genre's development, you can compare/contrast two nations/people's works, or you can analyze what it meant to be living in the time of your chosen work. Your topic choices are endless, but whatever you choose MUST be strongly tied to at least one of the pieces of literature we have read up to the point of the paper (for Paper 1, Weeks 1-4 )
2. I am looking for analysis, not summary. I have read these works several times, so you do not have to tell me what happens in them.
a. Summary: Gilgamesh was a cruel ruler who abused his subjects.
b. Analysis: Gilgamesh shows his cruelty by raping the young men and women under his rule. His actions reflect a tyrannical and autocratic mindset that threatens to destroy his country.
3. Papers should be typed based on the formatting guidelines explained and illustrated in the "Formatting Documents in MLA" handout
4. Your paper should be about the piece of literature or theme or genre you are analyzing, not your personal life, likes, and dislikes. "I" and its variants have no place in these position papers.
5. If you borrow information for the paper from any source, including the volumes of our textbook, the information must be cited according to MLA guidelines.
6. Do not use any type of literature summary Website as sources for your course work. They include but are not limited to:
a. Endnote
b. Sparknotes
c. Cliffnotes
d. Wikipedia
e. Shmoop University
f. Gradesaver.com
g. Enotes.com
7. You MUST use a moderate number of quotations from your chosen work to illustrate/support your points. Cite the textbook volumes as the source of the borrowed information. See the "Citing our Textbooks" handout for help.
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