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Classical Mythology Lecture 14
Essay Wri6ng for Myth
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Planning
Research Essay Plan Approach -‐ thema6c
Girl with a stylus and wri6ng block. Wall pain6ng from Pompeii, 1st century CE. h9p://historyoMheancientworld.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/life-‐in-‐the-‐roman-‐empire-‐books-‐and-‐wri6ng/
‘And next…’
What aspects of ancient Greek culture do heroes represent? paragraph 1: Hercules paragraph 2: Theseus paragraph 3: Odysseus paragraph 4: Perseus
Thema6cs
What aspects of ancient Greek culture do heroes represent? • strength • leadership • intellect • cunning
Problems of 6me
Are vengeance and jus6ce challenged or reinforced by the myth of the House of Atreus? – what happened to Pelops -‐ what happened to Atreus and Thyestes -‐ what happened to Agamemnon and
Aegisthus -‐ what happened to Clytemnestra -‐ what happened to Orestes
Too much NARRATIVE
• retelling the same old story • narra6ve versus analysis • use of brief narra6ve to support
argument • RELEVANCE
The personal voice?: there’s no ‘I’ in essay
• Avoiding the first person • Avoid value judgments
• Acceptable use of first person? • introduc6on or conclusion
Dos and Don’ts for Introduc6ons
Don’ts: • everything in the universe • general introduc6on • ‘cast of characters’ • ‘In this essay I am going to discuss…’
Dos: • Relevance • sub-‐ques6ons & themes • defin6ons
Dos and Don’ts for Conclusions
Don’ts • repeat sentences • repeat points • introduce narra6ve
Dos • bring ideas together • for/against: what is your preference • related issues
Style
• No colloquialisms • No abbrevia6ons • don’t use don’t; – or didn’t; we’re; she’s etc.
• Tone • be guided by academic (secondary) sources
Abbrevia6ons you can use: in references
Homer Hom. Odyssey Od. Hesiod Hes. Theogony Theog. Works and Days WD (also Op.) Homeric Hymns HH (HHDem.) Aeschylus Aesch. Agamemnon Ag. Liba:on Bearers LB (also Suppliants or Choephori) Eumenides Eum. For example (Hom. Od. 9.362-‐75)
References
• Harvard referencing system • = in-‐text referencing h9p://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/referencing-‐tool/harvard/ • use for all quota6ons or paraphrases • primary and secondary
Bibliography (Reference List)
• At end of essay • Separate out primary and secondary sources • For primary sources give: author, year of publica6on, name of work, translator, publisher, place of publica6on e.g. Homer 1998 The Odyssey, trans. R. Fitzgerald, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York.
What not to reference
• Informa6on from lectures • Very well established facts The basics on LMS: h9ps://lms.latrobe.edu.au/mod/resource/view.php?id=815822
Plagiarism
• Turni6n • Print texts & tone • Accidental plagiarism? • paraphrase • quota6ons with no quota6on marks
The Internet
S6ck to: • Ar6cles from Library database (Search or
Journals) • Websites recommended by instructor (on
LMS)
• N.B. even .edu sites might not be reliable
Word Count
• 2000 Words • = 1900-‐2100
• Quota6ons count • Keep them brief
Quota6ons
In text: Dowden claims that ‘[h]eroes face monsters on…a less grand scale, but one more challenging’ (1992, p.136). As a block (use sparingly): Dowden claims that:
[h]eroes face monsters on…a less grand scale, but one more challenging. And it is easier to relate to a hero than a god. There are indeed depic6on of Typhon, Python, Giants and (maybe) Titans. But these dwindle into insignificance beside the feats of Herakles. (1992, p.136)
Verse quota6on
Short quota6on (up to 2 lines) Akhilleus tells Odysseus that it is ‘[b]e9er…to break sod as a farm hand/ for some poor country man’ than to be king of the dead (Hom. Od. 11.579-‐80).
Verse quota6on
Longer quota6on (3 lines or more) Akhilleus tells Odysseus that it is [b]e9er…to break sod as a farm hand for some poor country man, on iron ra6ons, than lord it over all the exhausted dead.
(Hom. Od. 11.579-‐80)
In conclusion
• Allow enough 6me for the essay • Do some research • Use the library resources • Use the essay checklist on LMS • PROOF READING • Next week’s tutorial – bring ques6ons