Literature Paper Gotta be 4 pages and please read to make sure you understand it

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Close Textual Analysis Paper / Due Monday Nov. 9 Green/AAMU ESSENTIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS PAPER Jo outside sources after your introduction (limit intro to 1 page) Pou must quote passages from the text(s) you are talking about in pages 2 to 4; it's ok to use Ferent translations than the ones in the Norton, but cite your internet source for the text. Any material from the Web that is not documented properly* by the revision due date will ult in a 0 on the paper, a virtual guarantee you will fail the course. ructure of the paper: Choose two texts and establish a thesis which will define your analysis: contrast between Eferences in the texts. (Only single-text option: Chaucer.) This is not a research paper; only use tside sources (such as the Norton introductions) in your intro to give background or to define rms, but the body should be a close analysis of works we have covered in class. Each paragraph should develop the thesis argument by using specific evidence from the xt(s) you use; quote from the text(s)*, selecting only that material which supports your point; Jllow any quote, paraphrase, or summary with YOUR explanation of how the quote relates to Dur thesis. DO NOT give lengthy summaries or quote long passages—assume your reader [me] nows the texts. Give a brief conclusion. Document sources in the MLA style of parenthetical citation. Put any word-for-word source material in uotes (refer to a grammar book like Writing Matters or any university website). ANY ALTERNATE TOPIC MUST BE APPROVED BY ME. VO PAPERS ON HAMLET. NO PAPERS ON THE TRADITIONAL THEME OF OEDIPUS (Fate) Possible Topics: >Contrast the external values of pagan culture (heroism) in Gilgamesh vs. the internal values seen in the "Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew (NT). Focus on the way action defines the he in the pagan text vs. the moral concern over the attitude one brings to their actions in the Go >Show differences between pagan and Judeo-Christian cultures by contrasting the flood sto in Gilgamesh and Genesis. (Do not focus on similarities after the introduction.) Attitudes of pods/God to humans; Reason Utnapishtim acts vs. reason Noah acts; etc. Conesis (rasmis focus/God in chapter 1-2:4 vs. human two texts and establish a thesis whi differences in the texts. (Only single-text option: Chaucer.) This is not a research paper; only use outside sources (such as the Norton introductions) in your intro to give background or to define terms, but the body should be a close analysis of works we have covered in class. Each paragraph should develop the thesis argument by using specific evidence from the text(s) you use; quote from the text(s)*, selecting only that material which supports your point; Follow any quote, paraphrase, or summary with YOUR explanation of how the quote relates to your thesis. DO NOT give lengthy summaries or quote long passages—assume your reader (me] knows the texts. Give a brief conclusion. * Document sources in the MLA style of parenthetical citation. Put any word-for-word source material in quotes (refer to a grammar book like Writing Matters or any university website). ANY ALTERNATE TOPIC MUST BE APPROVED BY ME. NO PAPERS ON HAMLET. NO PAPERS ON THE TRADITIONAL THEME OF OEDIPUS (Fate) Possible Topics: >Contrast the external values of pagan culture (heroism) in Gilgamesh vs. the internal values as seen in the “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew (NT). Focus on the way action defines the hero in the pagan text vs. the moral concern over the attitude one brings to their actions in the Gospel. >Show differences between pagan and Judeo-Christian cultures by contrasting the flood stories in Gilgamesh and Genesis. (Do not focus on similarities after the introduction.) Attitudes of gods/God to humans; Reason Utnapishtim acts vs. reason Noah acts; etc. >Contrast the two creation stories in Genesis (cosmic focus/God in chapter 1-2:4 vs. human focus/relationship between God and humans in chapters 2 and 3). >Show how Oedipus the King can be seen as a text which disguises as myth the common practice of a human community seeking a scapegoat to blame for a crisis. Notes from the scholar Rene Girard, as well as an article about witch-hunts in the 21st century will be posted on Bb: use them to establish your thesis. >Show how the Wife of Bath (yclept Alison) abuses passages from the Old and New Testament to justify having had five husbands. >Show how Alison's demands in a relationship are very modern (even feminist) in either her “Prologue” (fifth husband) or her “Tale” (the Knight and the 'loathly lady'). >Contrast the following two 20th century sonnets to demonstrate the difference between the Italian and English forms.
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