HUMN 351 UMGC Topic on The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier Project – Description
Project 2: Stage 2—Annotated Bibliography
Stage 2: Annotated Bibliography
For this assignment, you will gather information for your paper. Construct an annotated bibliography consisting of five sources. All of your sources should be from the UMGC library and be useful to your topic, reliable, and scholarly in nature.
Your list of sources must include:
At least one primary source. This can be your interview, your field visit, your observation etc. Some examples include an interview with someone knowledgeable about your topic, or a painting or literary work you are examining, or an observation of the rite or holiday you are studying (depending on what you chose).Make sure you cite it correctly according to MLA style.
At least one secondary resource that addresses interpretative methods for comparative mythology, ritual, sacred place, material culture, or myth and history that you will use in your paper. This source can be from the Learning Resources, but you are encouraged to find additional resources from the thinkers covered in the entire course, including week 8.
For each of the five entries in your bibliography, your annotation should be about 4-5 sentences long and include:
A citation for the reference in MLA format
A brief summary of the source, including at least two main points it makes
A comment on how it is useful to your project.
Project 3: Stage 3—Interpretation Paper
Stage 3: Interpretation Paper
At this stage you will submit your complete paper. The final paper should address the relationship between your chosen topic and the narratives that relate to it and shape its meaning.
Your paper should include the following:
An introduction which introduces your topic (activity, place, artifact or cultural production) and your approach to analyzing its underlying narratives.
A summary of what you learned or observed about your topic and its underlying myths.
An analysis using one of the methodological approaches we have covered throughout the semester to show how myth and your topic interact and connect. Examples of what is expected could include:
Showing how an initiation ritual and its underlying myths connect within the cultural context of the ritual and then discuss how Victor Turner’s concept of communitas in that ritual helps uphold societal norms of that culture.
Examining a Greek statue of Venus, her myths, and how both can represent an archetype that expresses specific values about womanhood in Greek culture and womanhood in the collective unconscious, as per Carl Jung’s ideas.
Discussing a sacred place, its underlying myths, and how historical processes and social power within this site’s culture play a role in the construction of its significance, in accordance with Johnathan Z. Smith’s ideas.
A conclusion
A reference list
Make sure to include in your submission documentary evidence of your research. For instance:
If you did an interview, include a name and contact information for your interviewee.
If you did an observation, include a program or a photo at the site of the observation, or citations of any videos you may have watched to learn about the ritual, ceremony or service.
For works of art, make sure to include a picture of the work(s) you are analyzing, as well as a citation for the image.
For films, books etc., make sure to include a citation of the work in your references list, as well as specific examples from them in your paper.
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