Choose one episode, character of aspect of the Trojan cycle that you would like to discuss. Make sure it is
a narrow and defined topic (“The Iliad” is not a good topic; but “The Shield of Achilles” is, for example).
The draft needs to be no 500-800 words and provide a good overview of your arguments. You should also
mention here at least one Classical text that you plan to discuss and quote. You should include at least
two quotes from the ancient texts in your draft. You should also here list at least two scholarly sources
that you will use. The best source to find them is the MSU library website. Choose preferably those
marked as ACADEMIC JOURNAL or ACADEMIC PERIODICAL. Each article should be at least 10
pages or so (not 1 and a half, for example). You can also use scholarly books or chapters of books, but not
textbooks, encyclopedias or compendia. They have to be full articles, not reviews of other books or
articles. WEBSITES ARE NOT ALLOWED AS SOURCES AND SHOULD NOT BE LISTED. When
you list an academic source do not provide the web address (unless the journal is published only online),
but rather provide author, date of publication, place or publication and publisher. Entries should look like
this:
Salzman-Mitchell, P. and Alvares, J. (2018). Classical Myth and Film in the New Millennium. New York:
Oxford University Press. (book)
Sharrock, A. R. (1991). “Womanufacture.” Journal of Roman Studies 81: 36-49. (article. Note that for
articles you should provide the name of the journal, volume and page numbers)
Feeney, D. E. (1990). “The Taciturnity of Aeneas.” In S. Harrison ed., Oxford Readings in Vergil’s
Aeneid. Oxford University Press: 167-190 (chapter in a book. Note that you need to give the page
numbers for that specific chapter.
-Note that titles of books and journals go in Italics. Titles of chapters or journal articles go in between
“…”
GUIDELINES FOR THE TERM PAPER
-Follow instructions for the draft of the term paper.
-The term paper should be about 1000 words.
-Make sure you incorporate the professor’s comments to your draft.
-You must include and discuss at least four quotes from the Classical texts you are working with. When
you refer to Classical sources give book and verse numbers or number of the passage in the original text
(not the page number of the translation you are using – if possible)
-You must include, refer to (in footnotes or in the text) to each of your bibliographical sources at least
once. Every time you refer to scholarly sources you must provide the page numbers from where you took
the quote.
