{"id":19182,"date":"2024-04-03T16:05:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/the-thousand-and-one-nights-and-vi%e1%b9%a3%e1%b9%87usarmans-pan%cc%83catantra-reflection-short-essays\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:05:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:05:19","slug":"the-thousand-and-one-nights-and-vi%e1%b9%a3%e1%b9%87usarmans-pan%cc%83catantra-reflection-short-essays","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/the-thousand-and-one-nights-and-vi%e1%b9%a3%e1%b9%87usarmans-pan%cc%83catantra-reflection-short-essays\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thousand and One Nights and Vi\u1e63\u1e47u\u015barman&#8217;s Pan\u0303catantra Reflection Short Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Instructions:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Compose<br \/>\n     an answer all four of the prompts<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;below, in the same order&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">they appear<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n  <\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Your responses to each prompt should<br \/>\n     be&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\">approximately 150-300 words&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<div><b style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\">each<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">any&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\">direct<br \/>\n      quotes should not be more than&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">about&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; cursor: auto;\">a fourth<\/b><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">&nbsp;of<br \/>\n      your total words.<\/span><\/li>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n <\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Use MLA format parenthetical citations<br \/>\n     for direct quotes and paraphrases.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Include author\/editor<br \/>\n      name(s) (when applicable) or a shortened title of the source and page<br \/>\n      number (when applicable) in the parenthetical citation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Provide full MLA<br \/>\n      format source information about the source on a Works Cited page<\/span><\/li>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">though you are<br \/>\n       numbering prompts and responding to them<\/span>&nbsp;instead of writing a paper, you<br \/>\n       still need to indicate what sources you used<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">For our purposes, if<br \/>\n       your source is the textbook, instead of putting&nbsp;<\/span>the information into MLA<br \/>\n       format, you can simply write &#8220;textbook&#8221; then give the volume<br \/>\n       and page number(s).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">For all other<br \/>\n       sources, including videos in the module, provide the&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>source information<br \/>\n       in MLA format.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto;\">Here is a refresher<br \/>\n       on MLA if you need it:&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">MLA<br \/>\n       Works Cited<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n <\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Here are the prompts:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1. What qualities make Shahrazad a heroine? Paraphrase specific passages&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">to support your answers.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2.&nbsp;In the&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Themes of Arabian Nights<\/span><\/em>&nbsp;lecture<br \/>\nfrom Duke University, Prof. Jawad cites &#8220;The Merchant and the Demon&#8221;<br \/>\nstory as representative of different&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">religions not only coexisting but even<br \/>\nworking together for a noble purpose.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Explain how this message can be derived<br \/>\nfrom this story. It is important to&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">know that after page 615 (where you could<br \/>\nstop reading), the three old men (each of whom can be interpreted to represent<br \/>\na different religion) offered&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">to tell the demon a story in exchange for one<br \/>\nthird of the merchant&#8217;s life. These stories enthralled the demon, and once he<br \/>\nhad granted each old man&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">one third of the merchant&#8217;s life, the merchant was<br \/>\nsaved. Finally, how can&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">studying world literature achieve a similar result of<br \/>\nhelping religions and&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">cultures coexist and even work together? Paraphrase<br \/>\nspecific passages to&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">support your answers.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3. Describe the culture in India&#8217;s Classical Age and discuss the<br \/>\nrelationship&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">between this culture and the following: geography, trade, and<br \/>\nrising and&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">falling empires. Focus particularly on the Gupta Empire. The<br \/>\nintroductory&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">material from the textbook and the&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">History<br \/>\nSummarized: Classical India<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">video will be particularly helpful<br \/>\nfor this question. Paraphrase specific&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 14.5pt; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">passages from the video and your<br \/>\ntextbook to support your answers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">4. Choose one of the following (you may want to go back over the schools<br \/>\nof criticism from module 1):<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;Apply a Feminist Criticism literary theory lens to<br \/>\nthe&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Thousand and&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">One Nights<\/i>. In what ways do specific elements<br \/>\nof the stories resist and\/or&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">reinforce patriarchal ideas? Paraphrase specific<br \/>\npassages to support your answers.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">b. Apply a New Historicism literary theory lens to the&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The<br \/>\nThousand and One Nights<\/i>. How do the stories criticize the leading political<br \/>\nfigures or movements? What language\/characters\/events present in the work<br \/>\nreflect the current events of the authors&#8217; days (as the stories were collected<br \/>\nover time, you may focus on just one time period)? Are there words in the text<br \/>\nthat have changed their meaning from the time of the writing? How does the text<br \/>\nfunction as&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">part of a continuum with other historical\/cultural texts from the<br \/>\nsame&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">period? Paraphrase specific passages to support your answers.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">c. Apply a Marxist Criticism literary theory lens to the&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Blue Jackal<\/span><\/em>.<br \/>\nIn what&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ways can specific elements of the stories symbolize the relationship&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">between the higher classes\/elites and the lower classes\/laborers? Answer&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">both<br \/>\nin terms of an original audience and a modern audience (you can consider a<br \/>\nmodern audience in India and\/or the United States). Paraphrase&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">specific<br \/>\npassages to support your answers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instructions: Compose an answer all four of the prompts&nbsp;below, in the same order&nbsp;they appear Your responses to each prompt should be&nbsp;approximately 150-300 words&nbsp; each any&nbsp;direct quotes should not be more than&nbsp;about&nbsp;a fourth&nbsp;of your total words. Use MLA format parenthetical citations for direct quotes and paraphrases. 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