CIV 205 BRIEF RESEARCH PAPER INFO

 


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Term paper topics must receive positive, explicit approval from me by Thursday, November 4. It is your responsibility to make sure that approval has been given, and no papers will be accepted on unapproved topics. Due date for the paper is Friday, December 3

Your task is to write a brief research paper (ca 1200 words, i.e. about 5 pages with normal-sized type and margins) on a mythological figure. The sorts of things you will want to investigate will vary depending on the figure you choose, but can includ e any or all of the following:

But one of the things I want you to do is to tell us not only who the character was but why he/she/it is important for an educated person to know about. For these reasons you must also investigate your character in at least one of the following areas:

There are some books on reserve at Swem and in the library's reference collection that can help you research these areas. Click HERE to see a list of these books.

There are four further requirements that must be observed for your paper to earn a passing grade:

1. Since this is a research paper, you must cite the sources for all the assertions you make in your paper, using footnotes, endnotes or in-text citations (for more information on citations, click HERE)

2. You must read and cite at least one original ancient source aside from what is reproduced in your textbook

3. You must read and cite at least two works of modern (post 1900 AD) scholarship. The Powell textbook, the Dictionary of Mythology, or any other work with "Dictionary" or "Encyclopedia" in the title cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.< /P>

4. You must retain as many notes, drafts, outlines and other pieces of evidence of your own work as you can and be ready to turn them in if you are requested to do so at any time up to the date of the final exam for the course. Randomly selecte d students will be asked to do so, as will any students who hand in work that raises questions as to academic honesty or plagiarism. I reserve the right not to accept any paper for which a sufficient amount of such evidence cannot be promptly produced . I will contact students whose notes (etc) I want to see by e-mail. If you do not use you @wm.edu e-mail address, it is your responsibility to let me know how you can be contacted otherwise. The best way to do this is to write your e-mail a ddress, mail address and/or phone number(s) on your paper when you turn it in.

Achilles

Adonis

Aeneas

Agamemnon

Amazons

Antigone

Aphrodite

Apollo

Ares

Artemis

Athena

Bellerophon & Pegasus

Calydonian Boar Hunt

Centaurs

Castor & Polydeuces

Clytemnestra

Cronus/Saturn

Daedalus and/or Icarus

Daphne

Demeter

Dido

Dionysus

Eros/Cupid

Gaea

Ganymede

Gilgamesh

Gorgons/Medusa

Hades

Hecuba

Helen

Hephaestus

Hera

Herakles

Hermaphroditus

Hermes

Iphigenia

Isis

Jason/Argonauts

Judgment of Paris

Lucretia

Medea

Muses

Odysseus

Oedipus

Orpheus

Pan

Pandora

Penelope

Perseus

Phaedra

Poseidon

Procne & Tereus

Prometheus

Sabine Women

Sirens

Satyrs/Silenoi

Seven against Thebes

Sisyphus

The Underworld

The Universal Flood

Theseus

Zeus