DUE DATES Take-home Midterm: Due by dropbox 8 p.m. Monday Feb 3. If you don't know how to access dropbox, click here.
Take-home final: Due Thursday March 20 by dropbox 5:00 p.m by drop box. GENERAL POINTS ABOUT EXAMS (READ THIS!!!!) FORMAT: For the midterm and final, please provide a TITLE page that includes: Your name(s) and student id# For group final project, please include at the top of the first page: Members of your group Make sure you insert page numbering for all exams and papers! For midterm and finals, please identify the number for each essay. EVALUATION RUBRIC AN EXCELLENT ESSAY: 1. Will not simply summarize the text being analyzed. 2. Will be organized to make a clear argument.. 3. Will closely analyse the texts, including appropriate quotations (with page numbers). Quotations will be explained to show how they support your argument. 4. Will utilize secondary sources (readings, lectures, any outside sources), with page numbers, URLs, or dates (for lectures), to support your argument (see "Citation Form" below). If you use readings or other sources from outside of the course, provide a bibliography at the end. Failing to properly cite sources, including class materials, will lower your grade. If you use an outside source and fail to cite it, you could fail that question for plagiarism. CITE YOUR SOURCES. 5. Will not simply quote from secondary sources without explaining those quotations. 6. Will correctly distinguish between the author, translator, narrator, and characters in the story. For example, do not confuse Edward Seidensticker (the translator of Tale of Genji) with Murasaki Shikibu (the author of Tale of Genji). And do not confuse Murasaki Shikibu (the author of Tale of Genji), with the character Murasaki in Tale of Genji or with the ominiscient narrator of Tale of Genji (an unnamed lady-in-waiting). 7. Will use SPELL CHECK and will be copy edited for common mistakes like "their/there/they're." Names, including authors of secondary materials, will be spelled correctly. Titles will be appropriately underlined, italicized, or in quotation marks (see "How Titles Should Be Indicated" below). PROBLEMS WITH GRAMMAR, STRUCTURE OF ARGUMENT, ETC. If you have ESL problems (you are not alone!) I would strongly suggest that you get help at LARC (Learning and Academic Resource Center). And of course, you can also see me or the TA during office hours or by appointment. CITATION FORM: You need to cite your sources, not only for direct quotations, but also for ideas. YOU MUST CITE ANY SOURCE EVEN IF IT IS FROM THE INTERNET. If we have only read one thing by the author, the name is good enough:
When citing or quoting an author who has more than one article or translation used in the course, make sure you distinguish which article you mean:
In discussing texts such as Tale of Genji etc. make sure that you distinguish between the translator, scholarly commentator, the author, and the narrator or characters in the story:
When citing a class lecture, simply give the date of the lecture:
When citing the internet, give me the URL; in the case of Wikipedia you can give the subject:
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THE INTERNET: when using the internet as a source, remember that internet sites often treat stories ahistorically, that is, without regard to the period in which the story was written. This course is primarily concerned with how stories change over time in relation to changing historical contexts, and so you need to use the internet cautiously. HOW TITLES SHOULD BE INDICATED: Titles of books: Tale of Genji or Tale of Genji (choose one and be consistent!) Titles of articles: “Marriage Institutions” Titles of short stories and plays: Tadanori or “Tadanori” (choose one and be consistent!) SOME WORDS THAT PEOPLE CONFUSE OFTEN-- if you’re not sure what the difference is, look them up before you use them!!! economic, economics ideal envious feminine Confucian aesthetic
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