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:

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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 two (2) of the following categories/genres and write about each, citing as many examples as you can from what we have seen and read about, and (if you choose) from other examples that you learn about from your research.

Mention and describe some important examples, 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. Get the information across efficiently.

Please remember to take good notes during the study tour, so that you can later use them when writing this assignment. Please also consult relevant books and articles. We can lend material to you, and you can get good things from our 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.]

Another great source for bibliography is L'Année Philologique, available through our own Library. Get to it here: http://libinfo.uark.edu/eresources/help.asp?TitleCode=EBSCOLANNEE

Length will be four to six pages of text for each topic, not including illustrations (total of 8-15 pages).

Honors Students Please Note: Students enrolled in the Honors sections do not need to annotate the bibliography on the final examination. Only your term papers will contain annotated bibliographies.

All Students Please Note: All students will choose two topics for their final examination that do not duplicate their term paper topics. Please consult the instructors if you are in doubt about what topics to choose.

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/Bronze Age 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/medieval materials in later construction)

• Inscriptions

• Coins

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

• Peripteral Temple

• Attic Fortification

• Sacred Cave

• Battlefield (including naval "battlefields")

• Battles and Sieges

• 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)

• Cemetery/Burial Practices

• 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

• Religious Minorities in Greece

• Greek Orthodoxy

• Market Place (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.)

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

All written work is due by Friday, August 4, 2017. 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 Friday July 21, 2017 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:

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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). You may use your own report as the basis of the paper if you choose; most students do that -- but you are not obliged to do so. Choose topics that interests you.

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.]

Honors Students Please Note: Students enrolled in the Honors sections will annotate their term paper bibliographies (see below).

All written work is due by Friday, August 4, 2017. 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 Friday July 21, 2017 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 identify the sources, with their dates and types (e.g. 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?

HONORS STUDENTS PLEASE NOTE: If you prefer another method of presenting an annotated bibliography, please consult the following information from Cornell University. http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill28.htm

Information on this 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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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!