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| PROJECT |
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| The
Project represents a major work you will create
in which you will examine some aspect of life in Pompeii, an urban
environment. Our main topics are broad and varied, and they will
bring you into contact with many of the places and voices of Pompeii's
past. They will also serve as a jumping-off point for your final
project, and they will give you some ideas about possible avenues
and directions to pursue. |
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| This
capstone project will be a 15-20 page paper that will include a
specific issue or problem you wish to explore, Latin texts that
illustrate the problem, original translations of those texts by
you, and analyses of the texts and the issues that they raise. You
might explore a building or a region of the city, an occupation,
an individual and/or his or her family, a subgenre of graffiti,
some aspect of the theatrical stage or gladiatorial arena, an historical
event such as the riot of 59 CE or the explosion of Mt. Vesuvius
and the subsequent destruction of the city, etc. Most of these issues
we will examine together, but usually only in the broadest contexts.
Any one of them, or another of your own design, can provide a rich
opportunity for consideration, deliberation and analysis. |
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following schedule outlines specific mileposts for this capstone
project to help you stay on track towards completion of the project
at the end of the semester: |
| Milepost |
Due
date |
| Topic
statement (a general statement of the project) |
Thursday,
March 11 |
| Identification
of texts to translate and analyze |
Tuesday,
March 23 |
| Thesis
statement (the problem you will research and analyze) |
Tuesday,
March 30 |
| Bibliography |
Tuesday,
March 30 |
| Rough
draft |
Thursday,
April 15 |
| Presentation |
April
22, 27, 29, May 4 |
| Final
draft |
Friday,
May 7, noon |
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