world literature one--week four assignments

Week 4 Journal: Bhagavad-Gita and Thousand and One Nights

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Instructions: Write out a short, meaningful passage from one of the texts we read this week here. It is important for this exercise that you type out your passage so that you have the experience of working with it word-by-word. Please note, the passage you select does not count in the 700-800 word response.

Passage: [Type it by hand here. Typing out the passage will make you very aware of what the text is saying—it’s a great way to better understand a text.]

Response directions: The goal with this week’s response is to take the general notice and focus approach from the last few weeks and push even further to notice ten things about the passage. Each one of the ten can be it’s own mini paragraph, and can be disconnected from the other items in the list. The entire list should be 700-800 words. Push on your thinking to get ten, strong ideas out. Be sure to pay close attention to details, to work with specific language in the text, to look for things that repeat, to look for things that are unusual, and to look for a larger relationship between your passage and the rest of the text.

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