Humanities Homework Help

This rubric is designed to spell out my expectations for your papers. The goal of this assignment is that you show connections between the mythological themes and theories gone over in class and a movie of your choosing. The paper should be 5 pages minimum in length (not including long quotations) and written in Times New Roman, 12 point font with one-inch margins. You should cite your movie examples with a timestamp (e.g. 1:45.37 or something similar) and your primary text using name of source and line numbers (e.g. Ovid, Callisto 246 or Odyssey, Book 11.564). I am asking that you analyze 3-4 scenes/parts of your movie with one of the modern theoretical frameworks discussed during this class with references from primary materials you’ve had to read. You may choose any of the paradigms talked about by Professor Erickson. I do not want a cursory comparison; dig deep and provide analysis of both text and film.

Banned
Films

Anything with overt mythical subject matter

Anything Disney (Pixar, Animation, Live-Action, Ghibli, Marvel, Star Wars)

Dreamworks Animation (especially Shrek)

The Spongebob Movie

Superhero films (yes, all of them)

Avatar (both Airbender and the one with aliens)

Hunger Games

Chronicles of Narnia

Matrix