Eng2800: Mapping the Ancient World

The Norton:

cite by page number

(Pizan, 1123).

(Nights, 1123).

Multiple works by same author (The Oresteia):

-cite by line number

(Agamemnon, 12).

(Eumenides, 12).

The Odyssey Book 1, line 50 :

(1.50).  (1,50). (1, 50-5).

Citing article:

(Zeftel, 12).

Today in class I will be discussion Othello Act 4 and 5. Act 4 and 5 are very dramatic sections of the play. The topics for the discussion will be 1)different views on marriage and 2)symbolism

I will focus on How does Othello’s character and language change during the course of the play? In Act 5, Scene 3, Desdemona asks Emilia about unfaithful women and committing adultery. What is Emilia’s response? Compare Desdemona and Emilia’s views on marriage. What is the symbol of Desdemona’s handkerchief? Is the handkerchief important in the play? The last question will be supported by Impertinent Trifling: Desdemona’s Handkerchief by Harry Berger Jr.

Options for using the secondary source:

-background information – historical context, info about the author, etc

-support your thesis  — and/or supports a part of your argument, or comes in to support a point in a body paragraph

-counter-argument: Can (but doesn’t have to) enter your thesis statement: In his article “The Odyssey is the Best,” Shawn argues that The Odyssey is the greatest book of all time. While Shawn is right that the odyssey was important in Ancient Greece, in fact The Odyssey is not the best.

Ways it can enter into your paper:

1. Play a major role in your thesis: this should most likely be because it’s a major counter argument.

-at a couple (or a few points) in your essay you return to the article and prove / show how it’s wrong and you’re right (and do this through analysis — requires an explanation of the article and of the text and how you’re right in your analysis)

2. Minor role — background info (that can come any point in your paper) — possibly just info in the introduction

Or as a supportive point at some point in your body paragraphs

Here are correctly formatted citations for some of the texts we’ve read in class. Follow this model for your works cited page.

Aeschylus. The Oresteia. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin, 1984. Print.

An Article:

Case, Sue-Ellen. “Classic Drag: The Greek Creation of Female Parts.” Theatre  

     Journal 37.3 (1985): 317-333. Web.

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Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. Trans. Richmond Lattimore. New York: Harper & Row, 1967. Print.

Orlando. Dr. Sally Potter. Perf. Tilda Swinton. Sony Pictures Classic, 1992. Web.

NORTON

Battutu, Ibn. “Travels.” The Norton Anthology of World Literature Volume B. 3rd ed. Eds. Martin Puchner, et al. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012. 820-828. Print.

Final Paper Submission Guidelines:

Here are the guidelines / information concerning plagiarism policies at Baruch College. Please review:

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/academic/academic_honesty.html

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Your final paper must be 4-5 pages long, double spaces in 12-point times new roman font (with 1-inch margins all around—make sure your Word is correctly set). These are MLA guidelines and if you do not follow these guidelines points will be deducted. You may either submit your paper on Dec 11 (and it will be returned by Dec 18 with a grade and comments). You may also choose to submit your paper after the 11^th and up to Dec 18 at midnight. Those papers submitted after the 11^th will receive a grade only and no comments.

This is a thesis-driven argumentative paper. Please follow guidelines for argumentative writing previously distributed and discussed in class. I am looking for clear and specific analysis and interpretation.

Here’s a very helpful link for MLA Style. Please consult this!:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Requirements:

1. Your paper must have a title (and the title cannot be The Odyssey or The Oresteia—i.e. the name of the book you’re writing on—that title is already taken!)
2. Your paper must follow MLA guidelines for formatting, in-text citations, and the works cited page. Papers will lose points that do not properly follow MLA guidelines.
3. The paper must have an argument and it must use quotes and analysis of those quotes to support that argument.
4. Your paper must include at least one secondary source. That source must be a peer-reviewed scholarly article that you find on the library databases (such as JStor, Academic Search Premiere, etc). You should be familiar with how to find these articles from your discussion sessions. Please consult guidelines for finding articles (posted to the blog) if you’ve forgotten how to do so.
5. While your paper should engage with the article, your must say something distinct from what your article is saying. This means that your argument can’t simply be an affirmation of the article (you can’t just say “this scholar is right!”) You must have a distinct voice throughout.
6. Any paper found plagiarizing will receive an “F” with the possibility of also receiving an “F” in the course. Plagiarism can include even one sentence or one idea taken from a secondary source and not cited. Be careful! This leads to 7:
7. All papers must be submitted as follows:

-you must submit via email as a Word Doc OR PDF to [email protected]

-You must also submit via BlackBoard through SafeAssign. Log into our class’s blackboard page and you will see a folder titled “final papers.” Submit your paper there. Your paper is not considered submitted until it has been received via BlackBoard. SafeAssign checks your paper against the internet, etc, to make sure nothing is plagiarized.

-It is not necessary to submit a hardcopy.

8. Papers will not (under any circumstances) be accepted after Dec 18.

Please log into BlackBoard and double check that you understand SafeAssign BEFORE the due date. Technical difficulties will not be considered a valid excuse for late submission.

For discussion, I will be covering the first 2 acts of Othello. The main issues that I will be covering are as listed:

1 – The introduction of Othello into the play.

2 – Desdemona’s right of choice.

3 – Loyal Obedience.

A few things to keep in mind are how exactly were we introduced to Othello? Where in the play does Desdemona have a right of choice (or say)? Last but not least, where is the idea of loyal obedience being portrayed? I actually got this last idea of loyal obedience from the article The Theme of Personal Integrity in Othello by R. Rappoport. He focuses on loyalty and obedience as a huge factor in the play and presents examples from the first two acts where this idea is in full display (for example, just as loyal as he is to the Duke, Othello expects that same loyalty from Cassio)

https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QuoLiterature.html#incorporating

Tues Dec 2: Read Othello, Acts I-II; Discussion Leader: Tanzil Uddin

Thurs Dec 4: Draft of paper due — hardcopy in class. Should be at least 2 pages in length. Forget about quote map portion. No discussion leaders

Tues Dec 9: Discussion Leader; Evan Wu; Shakespeare’s Othello, Act III

Thurs Dec 11: Discussion Leader: Seo Yoon Chang; Shakespeare’s Othello, Acts IV-V — Due date option 1 for paper (papers received on this date will be returned with comments by December 18); Close Reading Re-Writes Due

Due date option 2: Dec 18

Here are some helpful handouts for thinking about how to write an effective thesis statement:

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/EngPaper/thesis.html

http://personal.crocodoc.com/cq7kWnO

http://www.uu.edu/Personal/grichard/Writing_Handouts/writing_a_thesis.htm

Yoshida Kenko came from a very well known family.  His father was a high ranking millitary officer in Japan.  He still wants to become a budhist priest and live his life according to budha. I am discussing his story “From Essays in Idleness”. It shows us how he lived his life as a budhist monk.  In his story the main idea was respect the emperor and the religious priest.  We should enjoy our life and live to the fullest and our death which makes us a human. He also says love and sex are very powerful that’s how human being communicates with each other and express their feelings which are supported Buddhist law. He also prefers to live life as simple as possible to be simple, simplicity is the way to be, and we should always avoid modernizing ourselfves. As because of modernizing our true self will lead to loose our soul. We should always admire the things that are beautiful, as because creator took time to create it for our amusement that’s why we should always appreciate the beauty.  Kenko also emphasis the thinking’s before what we do. We should not do something in anger or jealousy, we should always think of consequences on what the outcome will be. He also compared human personality with a house. Human personality is like a house; a personality is someones idenity, a person with a good peronality can outcome anything.  He also mentions us not to be greed. As because a greedy person is intoxicated in wealth of the world he is always fear of that, But who is pure of hearts always knows death is inveitable and does not fear death.