LITR201 Week 6 American Military University Islam and Hinduism Essay
This essay should be a 600-900 word essay focusing on the assigned readingsfrom the course. It is due by 11:55 pm ET on Sunday of Week 6.
This should be a close reading essay, and should use as evidence primarily passages from the work or works that you discuss. You may not use ANY outside sources without the instructor’s approval.
The essay should be in MLA essay format (see the attached sample essay below), and use MLA citations. A works cited entry and in-text citations for each text discussed are required.
Analytical essays should be focused on making a debatable claim about the work in question. Informationalessays or essays consisting of summary are not appropriate for eithertype of essay.The essay grading rubric can be found here for the analytical choices.
Choose 1 of the following topics . For the analytical choices, be sure to write a thesis-driven essay in response to the topic.
Analytical Choices
Religious Texts as Literature: choose 2 of the “religious” works that we have read, 1 from the two Abrahamic faiths (Islam and Christianity) and 1from the Eastern religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism) andmake an argument about what similarities they have, and what thosesimilarities can tell us about their respective cultures. Thesesimilarities could focus on themes, symbols, methods, style, etc. Ifyou choose this option, please keep in mind that you are to approachthese texts as works of literature. This is not to say that yourindividual religious beliefs are not important, but that for thepurposes of this assignment they are not particularly relevant. Thesetexts are all important works of literature, in addition to their statusas religious texts for billions of people around the world.
Tragedy Across the Mediterranean: Consider “The Tale of Sohrab” from the Shahnameh in comparison to Oedipus Tyrannusfrom the Week 2 readings. Make an argument about whether the two worksare more alike or different and why. Focus your thesis on one particularaspect of the two works such as protagonists, themes, centralconflicts, or other another element that you see as important.
Make your own topic: create your own critical question to answer in your essay. If you choose this topic you must contact the instructor for approval by Thursday of Week 6. Essay submissions with unapproved topics will be returned.
I would like you to use Islam and Hinduism, this is where sources should come from. if you have any questions please let me know.
The Holy Qur’an
Arabic Text
Arabic Pronunciation
English text by A. Yusuf Ali
The Bhagavad Gita
Translated by Edwin Arnold
[1885]
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