Assignment
This is for a college advance level Japanese History course. i do not need essays, but outlines. the outlines need to be clear with thesis, supporting evidences, not a simple outline, but a thoughtful outline with strong argument and logical points. use chicago format.
Heian Court Life
• Option 1: Argue for or against the statement: Class distinctions were inflexible in Heian Society. Provide examples from the Tale of Genji to develop your argument, and be prepared to defend your position in section.
• Option 2: Argue for or against the statement: It was terrible to be an elite woman in Heian Society. Provide examples from the readings to develop your argument, and be prepared to defend your position in section.
You only need to choose 1 of the above options.
The following books are needed for this assignment, need use of quotes
Rethinking Japanese History by AMINO Yoshihiko (Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 2012)
Sources of Japanese Tradition : From Earliest Times to 1600 (v. 1) , ed. W. Theodore de Bary (Columbia University Press, 2010)
Genji & Heike: Selections from The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike, trans. Helen Craig McCullough (Stanford University Press, 1994)
The outlines can't be simple, need to be full of ideas and preferbly use quotes from the readings. do not do it if you aren't sure what's outline format.