Select a work of literature from this course and examine how it had been adapted into another work of art […]
Category: World Literature
Compare the idea of misogyny (hatred of women) in “Bisclavret” by Marie de France and in the Prologue to The Thousand and One Nights. How does this hatred of women inform the stories told in these texts?
“Bisclavret” by Marie de France and in the Prologue to The Thousand and One Nights Compare the idea of misogyny […]
Is Winston’s novels hero, by Orwells definition? Is he a hero that readers can admire and emulate? Explain your position by tracing Winston’s actions throughout the novel and considering the result of those actions.
900 words 12 point times new Roman font Double spaced Minimum of five paragraphs Include textual evidence PROMPT: George Orwell […]
Does any character in O Brother fall under the Heroic Archetype? If any, who? Why or why not? Discuss the film as a parody of Homer’s The Odyssey. Is it valuable for modern readers to compare the two pieces? Why or why not?
a. Discussion Guidelines: Your post will be two (2) well-developed paragraphs. (7-10 sentences) Your classmate replies must be at least […]
Considering the message of these two quotes, how do they relate to The Odyssey,Odysseus, and the Heroic Archetype as a whole? Do they relate? Why/why not?
2 well-developed paragraphs; b. paragraphs are a minimum of 7 sentences; c. well-chosen support (I do not just want you […]
Discuss romanticism and the enlightenment in Rousseau, Goethe’s Faust and Madame Bovary.
Discuss romanticism and the enlightenment in Rousseau, Goethe’s Faust and Madame Bovary. Write a research paper of around 5 pages […]
`Do human beings behave like God in “The Garden of Eden” and “The Tower of Babel”? Or does God behave like a human being?
The Garden of Eden and Tower of Babel 1. Do human beings behave like God in “The Garden of Eden” […]
Describe, in detail, the visual narratives (consider characters, setting, colour, line, frame, composition, pattern, architecture, clothing, animals, what is happening, labels, etc.)
ARTH/WRLD/DIHU 370 Visual and Historical Investigation Assignment Value: 15% of total course grade Length: 4-5 pages (a 6th is ok…). […]
Develop one or more hypotheses for choosing a direction of interpretation, some ideas for clarifying the ambiguity, resolving the ambivalence, or making sense of the tension.
Identifying Critical Cruxes: Engaging Ambiguity, Ambivalence, & Tension Much if not most academic writing involves the reasoned interpretation of texts, […]
Write a five to six-page essay on the following topic: Why does a full understanding of our world require the humanities in addition to the sciences?
Write a five to six-page essay on the following topic: Why does a full understanding of our world require the […]
