Final Exam and Term Paper

Classics in Greece: Final Examination and Term Papers

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A great resource is Beth Juhl, in Mullins Library. She loves to

help: bjuhl@uark.edu.

She made this website:

http://uark.libguides.com/content.php?pid=99332&sid=745363.

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How many courses show you the final exam before the class begins? Here is ours.

A. Final Examination

On this study tour we shall encounter many different kinds of sites, artifacts, topics, and buildings. Choose three (3) of the following categories/genres and write about each, citing as many examples as you can from what we have seen and read about.

Mention and describe some important examples of each, including their dates, features and location. Describe and discuss their function, history, and place in the cultural life of their time. Be sure to tell how each example typifies (or deviates from) its genre. You do not need to be exhaustive; hit the highlights, and concentrate on what you experienced and learned on this trip. Get the information across efficiently.

You may use your notes and your memory. You should also use books and articles. We can lend them to you, and so can libraries. Also, Interlibrary Loan is a great resource for items not available here. Please include a bibliography of all sources you consult. Check Mullins Library; it's full of good sources. Feel free to ask for suggestions on bibliography. [Internet sources may account for no more than 20% of your information.]

Length will be three to five pages of text for each topic, not including illustrations (total of 9-15 pages).

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHECK WITH THE INSTRUCTORS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS APPROPRIATE TO INCLUDE, OR IF YOU WANT ADVICE.

  • Healing Sanctuary

  • Oracular Site

  • Tholos Tomb

  • Pan-Hellenic Game Site

  • Stadium

  • Ancient Technology

  • Mycenaean Citadel

  • Byzantine Church

  • Minoan "Palace"

  • Palaces: Ancient and Modern

  • Mystery Cult

  • Hydraulic Engineering (palaces, cisterns, aqueducts, public toilets, baths, drains, etc.)

  • Triumphal Arches (Roman)

  • Greek Argiculture

  • Byzantine Mosaics/Byzantine Frescoes

  • Roman Mosaics

  • Spolia (re-use of ancient materials in construction)

  • Inscription

  • Myth in Greek Art (be sure to narrow it down to manageable size)

  • Peripteral Temple

  • Attic Fortification

  • Sacred Cave

  • Battlefield (including naval "battlefields")

  • Religious Festival

  • Vase Painting

  • Sculpture (free-standing or architectural)

  • Theater

  • Gymnasium

  • Medieval and later Citadels (may include Byzantine Venetian, Turkish, Frankish Fortifications and City Walls)

  • Burial Practices

  • Water Supply

  • Stoa

  • Kouros

  • Kore

  • Archaic Sculpture

  • Classical Sculpture

  • Hellenistic/Roman Sculpture

  • Endangered Animals in Greece

  • Mosques (including mosques converted into churches/museums)

  • Votive Offering

  • Weapons and Armor

  • Jews in Greece

  • Modern Turkish Identity (secular and religious issues)

  • Religious Minorities in Greece and Turkey

  • Greek Orthodox in Greece and Turkey

  • Market Places (Agora)

  • Greek Triremes and Naval Power

  • Minoan Frescoes

  • Greece in WWII

  • Modern Public Transportation Projects (Bridges, Metro, Airports)

  • Philhellenes and the Greek Revolution

  • Modern Greek Literature (Nikos Kazantakis, Constatinos Kavafis, e.g.)

  • Modern Turkish Literature (Orhan Pamuk, Elif Shafak, Nazim Hikmet e.g.)

[If you want to write about something not listed here, please consult your instructors.]

All written work is due by Thursday, August 4, 2011. You may bring it to Kimpel Hall 425, or mail it c/o Department World Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 425 Kimpel Hall, U of AR, Fayetteville, AR 72701. You may send it as an attachment or as an email: dlevine@uark.edu, and gpaulso@uark.edu. You may fax it to: 479-575-6795. [Completed work handed in before July 22, 2011 may be eligible for an 'early-bird' bonus.]

A great resource is Beth Juhl, in Mullins Library. She loves to

help: bjuhl@uark.edu.

She made this website:

http://uark.libguides.com/content.php?pid=99332&sid=745363.

Look at resources there! We hope it is useful!

B. Term Papers

In consultation with the professor, write a short paper for each class (fifteen pages maximum; seven pages minimum) on one of the sites/monuments/battles/works of art we have encountered this summer. You may use your own report as the basis of the paper if you choose, but you are not obliged to do so. Students wishing to write on something other than what we saw or heard about together must have instructor approval.

Papers will be typed, double-spaced, and no larger than 12-point type. Please do not put your paper in a plastic or cardboard binding. Papers will include bibliography, citations (footnotes, end notes, or in-paper citations), and may include diagrams, pictures, and floor plans when appropriate. [Internet sources may account for no more than 20% of your information.]

All written work is due by Thursday, August 4, 2011. You may bring it to Kimpel Hall 425, or mail it c/o Department World Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 425 Kimpel Hall, U of AR, Fayetteville, AR 72701. You may send it as an attachment or as an email: dlevine@uark.edu, and gpaulso@uark.edu. You may fax it to: 479-575-6795. [Completed work handed in before July 22, 2011 may be eligible for an 'early-bird' bonus.]

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*Papers by Students in Honors Sections: Those who have enrolled for CLST 4003H and CLST 3993H will follow the above guidelines, with the addition of an analytical section on sources, as follows.

"Source Evaluation" This section of the paper will be a discussion of the primary (original) and secondary (scholarly) sources upon which we rely for understanding your topic. It is a sort of 'Annotated Bibliography' section.

First, include a few paragraphs which outline what our sources are, with their dates (archaeological, literary, epigraphic, art historical, philosophical, historical, comparative, etc.).

Then, include a few paragraphs of analysis of the sources which you describe. That is, how reliable are these sources? How accurate are they? What is the chance that there is some bias in the sources? What are the limits of knowledge on the subject? What is the chance that there is an error? How much of our source is based on conjecture, and how much on 'hard fact'? On what information do our sources rely? The main point here is to show that you have thought about the reliability of our sources, and that you can judge their usefulness. Rank the sources from 'most reliable' to 'less reliable' if you can.

An example: Our main source for the events surrounding the capture of Spartans at Sphacteria is book 4 of Thucydides' History. There has also been archaeological exploration of the area. When did Thucydides write this history? How much would he have known of the events and the people involved? Knowing what we know about this author, what bias might he have in recounting these events? How reliable is the archaeological evidence in corroborating the account of Thucydides? How has the changing geology of the area complicated our understanding of the original events?

Another example: Our main source for the Bronze Age palace of Nestor at Pylos is archaeological, but there are also references to Mycenaean palaces in Homer. How and when was the palace excavated? How did the archaeologists interpret their finds? Did they rely on the Homeric poems in their interpretation of their finds? If so, was this a good idea? How reliable are the Linear B tablets found in the palace in giving us an idea of the fall of the palace, or its function before its destruction?

Another example: Western writers of history and culture often tend to have a 'romantic' view of Greek history -- from the Mycenaean period to the Classical, Byzantine, and Modern. What kinds of modern biases do you encounter when reading your sources. For instance, the Philhellenes of American and Europe saw the Greek War of Independence through the prism of the Persian Wars, and portrayed the Greeks of the 19th century CE as Athenians of the 5th century BCE. Do you see any of these distortions in the sources you consulted?

Another example: The Temple of Apollo at Delphi and its Oracle is mentioned in numerous sources. Which of these sources could have been eyewitnesses? How many of these have been corroborated by archaeology? By geology? What are the limits of our knowledge of what the interior (abaton) of the temple was really like?

FOR INFORMATION ON "ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY" see: http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill28.htm

Information on that site includes: "WHAT IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?"

"An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. Annotations are descriptive and critical; they expose the author's point of view, clarity and appropriateness of expression, and authority"

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Daniel Levine

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A great resource is Beth Juhl, in Mullins Library. She loves to

help: bjuhl@uark.edu.

She made this website:

http://uark.libguides.com/content.php?pid=99332&sid=745363.

Look at resources there! We hope it is useful!