Albany State University Arabian Night Research
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For this essay you will select one of the assigned readings inyour World Literature text Vol. A, B, or C. If you choose a textfrom which only excerpts were assigned, you will need to readmore than just the excerpts for this paper. For example, if youchoose to write about the Odyssey, then read all of it in your text.Choose well – choose a poem, story, or play that interests youand do a little research right away so that you know you can findsome reliable scholarly sources (after reading instructions).You will look at your chosen work of literature in the followingways:1. You will analyze the cultural setting and context of the story,poem, or play. What does your chosen work say about thebeliefs, values, and lives of those who heard, read, or retoldit? An example of planning would be something like this:Let’s say I want to write about the book of Exodus in theOld Testament. I would look at how that journey out ofslavery in Egypt defined Israel in many ways and stilldoes through the celebration of Passover. I would lookinto how the law defined them in a polytheistic world asa people who worshipped one God – how they were ina sense created as a people by the word. They areperhaps the only nation that has existed without a statefor centuries.The work you choose might tell you how a people felt aboutthe world around them, what they feared, believed, or loved.It might tell you what they valued most: power and might ortreasure and family. You will have to engage the work youchoose in its own context. This portion of your paper couldbe a few paragraphs long as you discuss the differentissues. Continuing with my example from above – I mighthave a paragraph on the actual departure from Egypt withsome discussion of the plagues and another on the way theIsraelites were delivered – by belief and trust – not bylineage. Then I might have another paragraph on how theirexperience defined them as separate from the peoplearound them – being fed manna, living in the wilderness forforty years, etc. Then another paragraph on how the lawfrom God also defined them as different from the peoplearound them.See how this one category of your paper could yield severalparagraphs? Of course, you would use your researchsources to help with these discussions.2. In the next part of your analysis you would discuss thoseelements in your chosen selection that express universalhuman issues, themes, or longings. To continue with myexample from above, I might talk about how the book ofExodus underscores a universal human longing to havethings made right which assumes a sort of universaluneasiness with the state of the world. Also, I could expandof the theme or being a slave and being set free to go to anew home. This portion of your paper could be a fewparagraphs long as you would need at least one paragraphfor each theme or issue3. You will need three scholarly research sources besides yourprimary source which is the text you have chosen. Yourresearch sources will support or explain your assertionsabout the cultural context (see 1 above) of your chosenprimary source and your ideas about the universal themes(see 2 above).4. Your essay should, of course, have an introduction thatcatches the reader’s attention with an understanding of theimportance of your topic. This introduction would include thethesis statement of your paper. Your thesis would be yourresponse to 1 and 2 above and should appear near the endof your first paragraph.5. Your essay should also have a conclusion that restates yourthesis. Do not introduce new ideas in your conclusion.After reading through these instructions, start thinking about apoem, play, or story for your paper. I would urge you to take sometime to consider this carefully and to do some preliminaryresearch to make sure you can find some scholarly sources. Youcannot wait until the last minute and then tell me you had tochange topics because you could not find any sources.You have access to Galileo and many databases through ASU’slibrary links. You will need the new password for Galileo for offcampus research! BE Sure and check out the Writing Helps Ihave for you which will give you sources for MLA citation and yourWorks Cited page along with may other things. 1200 wordsminimum. MLA format

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