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Classical Mythology Lecture 14 Essay Wri6ng for Myth h9p://library.artstor.org/library/iv2.html?parent=true

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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/  

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‘And  next…’  

What  aspects  of  ancient  Greek  culture  do  heroes  represent?    paragraph  1:  Hercules    paragraph  2:  Theseus    paragraph  3:  Odysseus    paragraph  4:  Perseus  

 

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Thema6cs  

What  aspects  of  ancient  Greek  culture  do  heroes  represent?  •  strength  •  leadership  •  intellect    •  cunning    

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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  

 

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Too  much  NARRATIVE  

•  retelling  the  same  old  story  •  narra6ve  versus  analysis  •  use  of  brief  narra6ve  to  support  

argument  •  RELEVANCE  

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The  personal  voice?:  there’s  no  ‘I’  in  essay  

•  Avoiding  the  first  person    •  Avoid  value  judgments  

•  Acceptable  use  of  first  person?  •  introduc6on  or  conclusion  

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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  

 

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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  

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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  

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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)      

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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  

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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.  

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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  

 

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Plagiarism  

•  Turni6n  •  Print  texts  &  tone  •  Accidental  plagiarism?  •  paraphrase  •  quota6ons  with  no  quota6on  marks  

 

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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  

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Word  Count  

•  2000  Words  •  =  1900-­‐2100  

•  Quota6ons  count  •  Keep  them  brief  

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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)    

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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).  

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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)        

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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