I have a twofold ambition with this essay 1 assignment; and so please do aim to conform your ambitions while writing this essay to my twofold ambition:
1. The first of my two ambitions (goals) is to impart what have always been to me the three most infallible and indispensable elements to all excellent scholarly essays, all scholarly writing.
I will elaborate on the function / purpose of each element further down below. But here they are in short-form:
(a) a Title Question- TQ
(b) a Thesis Response- TR
(c) Evidence Subsections- ESSs
(d) a fourth element is optional: Conclusion (C).
So each of your essays (5-6 pages in length) should include a TA, a TR, and at least 4 titled ESSs.
2. The second of my ambitions is to highlight the process by which one may write an essay on the subject of "variety," in particular "Varieties of Classicism, Or Varieties of the Urge for Imperishability."
Why are we writing on "variety"?
Because to explore "variety" is to explore "distinctions" -- it is to explore what distinctly makes, say, "classical" book A uniquely "classical" book A and not classical book B? And to explore "distinctions" is to explore the ways in which one universal form or theme - for example, the theme or urge for "imperishability in persons and in the world" as found in literature-- may be comprehended and imaginatively expressed in a variety of unique and distinct ways.
We are co
ect to understand each of our literary works as one distinct form on one universal and perennial theme: in other words, each of our works gives themselves to be a unique (distinct) expression like no other expression on a common theme: the urge for imperishability.
This is why I have comprehended our course on literary imperishability -- aka on "the classic" -- as a theme-and-variations course -- so that we may aim to glimpse the truth that the "urge for imperishability" has an almost infinite plethora of distinct guises and/ or varieties that may be isolated, named (categorized, compartmentalized), and described -- by means of evidence (ESSs) -- in their uniqueness as a distinct form or theme of imperishability.
In short, scholars are essentially in the business of making, highlighting, foregrounding, explicating distinctions, varieties. In this case, our "varieties" as scholars are the varieties of imperishability. And each "classic" that we treated so far this semester constitutes one unique and distinct variety of a common universal theme: the urge for imperishability, which defines a "classic."
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What is the function / purpose of each of our 3 (potentially 4) essay elements?
(a) Title Question - TQ
With regard to all essay writing in general, you should understand your essay as:
.. an extended response --- modeled on a short-version response (a TR) -- to an interesting or thought-provoking or enigmatic question (a TQ) and supported by evidence (ESSs).
Therefore, it's very wise essay-writing practice to get in the habit of always titling your essay with a Title Question (TQ) ...in boldface font.
For example - "Varieties of Classicism, Varieties of Imperishability -- What Are They?"
For your mini-essays, you may either use this above Title Question (TQ) as it is; or you may paraphrase it; or you may think up a title question that communicates the same essential meaning in your own words.
(b) Title Response - TR
With regard to all essay writing in general, you should understand your thesis (which I'd like somewhere in your first paragraph, ideally as the last sentence of your first paragraph) as a "TR," a Thesis Response -- a response to your TQ, your Title Question.
For example -- "...there are many varieties of literary imperishability; and while each variety may share common features with all the other varieties, this essay will nevertheless aim to map out a few distinct varieties..." [in your mini-essay, you are NOT asked to keep your Thesis Response in boldface text, keep in plain text.]
For your essay 1, you may either use this above Thesis Response as it is; or you may paraphrase it; or you may think up a thesis response that communicates the same essential meaning in your own words.
(c) Evidence Subsections - ESSs
With regard to all essay writing in general, you should understand your Evidence Subsections (ESSs) as the sections in your paper -- all the sections subsequent to your introductory paragraph -- as the places where you will be aiming to persuade your reader of the truth-value of your Thesis Response (version above), and you will perform this act of persuasion by means of "evidence," namely quotes and your explication of quotes, which define your ESSs.
With regard to essay 1 in particular, these ESSs (you should include at least four) should consist of one variety of imperishability drawn from either one of our course's literary works or drawn from any literary "classic" of your choice. (Remember, a classic is a classic -- something we read sometimes thousands of years after its inception -- because it ca
ies an urge to be timeless, it ca
ies an urge to be imperishable on virtue of the sort of weighty-deep life that it imaginatively represents.)
You should be at least trying your best to communicate to your reader something -- anything -- that is unique, distinct about the literary work on the urge for imperishability that you choose.
In these 4 Evidence Subsections, you'll be (1) using quotes and (2) explicating quotes:
In other words, with your eye fixed on the task of expressing the particular / distinct varieties of imperishability from the books that you have isolated, you will be (1) mobilizing quotes; and also you'll be (2) explicating these quotes, again, always in the interest of expressing the particular / distinct varieties of imperishability from the books that you have isolated.
Primary Versus Secondary Works / Sources
In essay-writing, we generally use words from "primary works" -- from the aesthetic imaginative works themselves, i.e., imaginative films or books -- and "secondary sources" -- these being critical commentaries by critics on primary works from the realm of arts-and-entertainment.
Note that for essay 1 (due March 19th), you are not asked to use "secondary sources"; you are only asked to use (a) the words from the primary works which you have chosen and (2) your own words consisting of an explication of the "primary" words that you have chosen -- i.e., the quotes you have chosen -- for the purpose of highlighting a given "variety" of literary imperishability.
For mini-essay 2 (due May 25th), you're task will be easy: you will simply weave into the 4 Evidence Subsections of essay 1 the words of "secondary sources" -- i.e., the words of critics -- who will help you to lend support to your Thesis, your Thesis Response (above) about varieties of imperishability, aka, varieties of classicism.
One last instruction: please title your four Evidence Subsections with a catchy title that serves to encapsulate the material just beneath your title.
Catchy titles for ESSs serve to visually cue your reader into the recognition that he / she is in a separate isolated section of the essay and that this section has a clearly identifiable purpose; and titles serve to offer cues and clues about the textual material that is about to follow.
For example, you might title an Evidence Subsection something like the following, insofar as all the following titles point to a variety of utopia and therefore lend evidence to the your Thesis Response -
The Hero-Wa
ior's Urge for Imperishable Glory (kleos apipthon ) in Homer's Iliad, o
Imperishable Debts of Love Between Ben Jonson and Shakespeare
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So you're instructions are clearly spelled out above; but if you should have any questions or concerns, your best bet is to email me.
Now go and enjoy the work, and know that the above model of college-level essay writing may be applied to all college-level essays. The model -- consisting simply of a TQ, a TR, and 4 ESSs -- has never failed, in my two decades of employing it as a student and as a scholar, to get me the sort of excellent results / grades that we are all after.
You essays should reach approximately 5 - 6 pages in length. Post your essay AS A PDF in the "Essay 1 repository" in our ALL ASSIGNMENTS section.
- MP
The Varieties of Imperishable & Imperishability: What are they?
ESSAY 1 LEH 352
PROFESSOR POLESNY March 19, 2021
The Varieties of Imperishable &
Imperishability: What are they?
By: Yadairy Adames
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The Varieties of Imperishable and Imperishability: What are they?
Varieties of Imperishable and Imperishability are not defined by the boundaries of time.
A piece of literature has to meet a certain amount of common high standards for quality,
longevity, and influence. Imperishability asserts the importance of wholeness and expression of
life, beauty, experiences, lessons, and love. There are many varieties of literary imperishability;
and while each variety may share common features with all the other varieties, this essay will
nevertheless aim to map out a few distinct varieties of imperishability.
The Hero-Wa
ior’s Urge for Imperishable Glory (kleos apipthon) in
Homer’s Iliad
The reason why I chose this story as an example of the varieties of imperishability is
ecause this story is passed throughout many decades and it includes some of the high common
qualities and influence needed to be an imperishable asset. It speaks volumes of how
imperishability exists within the hero-wa
ior’s soul and the urge to win and have glory that lasts
more than a lifetime. The plot begins nine years after the Trojan War had already begun.
Throughout the story of Iliad, you can see the growth of Achilles’. When the battle first begins,
his mentality is the same as the other Achaeans. But soon after he sees that it won’t be getting
him much result and changes his perspectives on how he sees things. This change helps him
ecome what the great wa
iors of Iliad strive to become, full of
avery, courage, strength,
honor, honesty, closeness to the gods, and becoming better overall. For example, this quote says
“Run away by all means if your heart drives you. I will not entreat you to stay here for my sake.
There are others with me who will do me honour, and above all Zeus of the counsels. To me you
are the most hateful of all kings whom the gods love. Forever qua
elling is dear to your heart,
and wars