Here is the assignment that will be due on Tuesday 1/5/09 due via google.docs. Please do your best to work from what you know - but if you MUST do some research, make sure to cite it appropriately.
Your task: Write a critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature (Gilgamesh and the Odyssey) from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the "critical lens." In your essay, provide a valid interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it and support your opinion using specific references to appropriate literary elements from the two works.
Please select ONE of the following critical lens:
"The adventure of the hero is the adventure of being alive." - Joseph Campbell
"Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in teh world." - Ansel Adams
"What makes one heroic? - - Going out to meet at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope." - Nietzsche
Guidelines:
- Provide a valid interpretation of the critical lens that clearly establishes the criteria for analysis.
- Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it.
- Use Gilgamesh and The Odyssey as your works of literature to support your interpretation
- Use the criteria suggested by teh critical lens to analyze the works you have chosen
- For each work, do not summarize the plot but use specific references to appropriate literary elements (for example, theme, characterization, structure, language, point of view) to develop your analysis
- Organize yoru ideas in a unified and coherent manner.
- Specify the titles and authors of the literature you chose
- Follow the conventions of standard written English.
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