Essay
Instructions
This essay should be a 600-650 word essay focusing on the assigned readings from Weeks 4 and 5.

This should be a close reading essay, and should use as evidence primarily passages from the story or stories that you discuss. You may not use ANY outside sources without the instructor’s approval.
1. The essay should be in MLA essay format (see the sample essay here) and should have the student/teacher cover letter (which should answer these questions) as the first page. A works cited entry and in-text citations for each text discussed are required.
2. The essay should be focused on making a debatable claim about the work in question; informational essays or essays consisting of summary are not appropriate. The claim should be supported with discussion of specific passages from the text(s) on which the essay is focused. The essay grading rubric can be found here.
3. Submit your essay to our class on Turnitin using this Course ID and password.
Choose 1 of the following topics, and write a thesis-driven essay in response to that topic:
1. Portrait of the Artist? In our discussion of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, we examined ways in which Chaucer made the tales reflect the pilgrim who told the tale. Look at 1 story from either the Nigerian tales or the Middle Eastern tales and reverse the pattern: What might this tale tell you about its teller and why?

2. Who Painted the Lion? Choose 1 story from any of the assigned Week 4 and 5 readings which prominently features a female character. Examine this character in regards to female stereotypes of which you are aware; does she fit any of them? How does her status as a stereotype or non-stereotype play into the story in which she is a character?

3. The Return of Greek Mythology: The setting of “The Knight’s Tale” is ancient Greece, and it may be tempting to compare this story to The Iliad. Think back to our Week 2 reading and compare the heroic ideals depicted in The Iliad with the heroic ideals depicted in “The Knight’s Tale.” Can we read “The Knight’s Tale” as being a direct reflection of the heroic ideals we find in The Iliad? Why or why not?

4. Make your own topic: create your own critical question to answer in your essay. If you choose this topic you must contact the instructor for approval by Thursday of Week 6. Essay submissions with unapproved topics will be returned.

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