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Paper Instructions:
from Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae
In Book 6, read Chapters 5-19 (pp. 94-111 of the pdf).
Read all of Book 8 (pp. 124-48 of the pdf). Uther, Arthur’s father, dies at the end of Book 8.
Maybe make the essay about Uther Pendragon as a hero and encorporate some of my ramblings from the doc.
3-5 pages, double spaced, thoughtfully titled, and carefully proofread. Please submit in the assignment folder.
Please write about one or two of the course texts we read during weeks 3, 4, and 5. In your introduction and/or conclusion, you can mention other pertinent texts if you wish (for example, related modern texts), but your thesis for paper 2 should focus on one or two medieval texts.
If you would like to work on a topic I have not suggested, please send me a private message.
You can integrate into your paper any of your own pertinent commentary from the Discussions.
Be sure to present an analysis, not a summary, of the text(s). Your introduction should lead into your thesis (usually located at or near the end of the introduction). Your body paragraphs should begin with a topic sentence. Compose well-developed, coherent paragraphs in which plot details are subordinated to your analysis. Try to draw out the significance of the evidence you present from the text(s). In other words, don’t just describe the text(s); explain why your examples from the text(s) matter—i.e., explain how the evidence from the text relates to your thesis.
Limit the length of your quotations or paraphrases. For instance, you probably don't want to quote or paraphrase a lengthy description of a battle. Excerpt only the details that support your contention, and subordinate the details to your contention.
For further information on how to compose an analytical essay about a work of literature, see my Suggestions for constructing a literary analysis (in the Course Resources section), and see the UNC Writing Center's handout on writing about literature. Many UNC Writing Center handouts are very informative; you can browse here.
