Tuesday, September 30, 2008

The finish line!

Over the weekend, pat yourselves on the back (but not too confidently... I wouldn't want it to go to your heads), because we're finishing the Iliad! So read to the end and then we have two projects:

1) Write a journal entry on all the different narrative terms as applied to the Iliad. So you'll be giving me a general overview, if you will, of the Iliad, in the following outline:
I. point of view
II. setting (all of it)
III. plot 
  • a-exposition, 
  • b-crisis, 
  • c-climax, and 
  • d-resolution
IV. elaborate on one of the following themes (1 paragraph): 
a) human responsibility vs. involvement of gods, 
b) the cause of suffering
d) necessity of courage vs. the limits of courage

Sound good? I'm looking forward to some fabulous journal entries! These do not have to be in paper format (with an intro/conclusion/thesis). Instead, you can simply put it in outline format, as per the above outline. On point IV, please do write in paragraph format, with a good topic sentence. 

If that's clear as mud, feel free to post follow-up questions for clarification. :)
See ya'll on Tuesday!

3 comments:

alicia.zanoni said...

so, two separate projects - an outline and a paragraph? do we have to do both?

Unknown said...

with outline is point 3 the plot supposed to be a paragraph or is it in outline form too?

alicia.zanoni said...

ameena i think points 1,2, and 3 are all included in the outline. only point 4 is in paragraph form