Ancient Literature

Assignment: write a 500-word paper comparing and contrasting “The Last Tournamen

Assignment: write a 500-word paper comparing and contrasting “The Last Tournament” to “The Lay of Sir Launfal” To be effective, a comparison-contrast paper needs to be focused on particular methods, characters, and themes. Below are examples of how to focus your argument in a compare-and-contrast writing assignment: Short Fiction: “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The… Continue reading Assignment: write a 500-word paper comparing and contrasting “The Last Tournamen

Assignment: write a 500-word paper comparing and contrasting “The Last Tournamen

Your essays are on the subject of VARIETY plain and simple — varieties of utopi

Your essays are on the subject of VARIETY plain and simple — varieties of utopianism (the urge for utopia) in literature. The aim is to make distinctions between one and another variety (x vs. y vs z, etc..) of utopianism in literature. Remember: our course is a theme-and-variations course, which means that what we specifically… Continue reading Your essays are on the subject of VARIETY plain and simple — varieties of utopi

Need this book to write the paper. The Epic of Gilgamesh, Penguin Classics (tran

Need this book to write the paper. The Epic of Gilgamesh, Penguin Classics (translation by N. K. Sandars) Please cite specific examples in the form of direct quotations from the book. need page number for the quotes

Why do you believe the Moliere wrote the Deus Ex Machina in the way that he did?

Why do you believe the Moliere wrote the Deus Ex Machina in the way that he did? What does it tell the audience about the King? How might this have been a clever move on Moliere’s part? As always, support your answer with quotes, using in-text citation. Please use quotes from the play to support… Continue reading Why do you believe the Moliere wrote the Deus Ex Machina in the way that he did?

With The Lusiads, we have at once the first great work of world literature that

With The Lusiads, we have at once the first great work of world literature that takes a “global perspective” and a first “national epic.” It may be interesting to think about how this work informs the concept of “nation.” What is “national” about The Lusiads and inside The Lusiads? This week’s reading is an opportunity… Continue reading With The Lusiads, we have at once the first great work of world literature that