Monday, March 4, 2013

Final so-called “draft”--Latin 1


Due: 1 June

Do you remember waaay back at the beginning of last quarter when I passed out the myth project and said something like, “Oh, don’t worry about that ‘Final Form’ part, we’ll worry about that later.”

Start worrying. 

So far, you have written two drafts for each myth and there are three more to go: seven myths in all.  What you will need to do once all seven are done is to collect them into a form which is indicative of your culture. 

For example, let’s say that your culture preserves its stories by means of tattoos, ritual scarring, body modification or piercings (yes, some peoples do this); for your final “draft” you would want to design body art which “tells” the stories you have been writing.  Yes, you will still have to collect (and probably re-write) your myths, but you also can express your creativity and personality. 

Some past examples include:
·        Massive re-writing into one long narrative centered around one figure
o   e.g. the book Zeus
·        Series of poems
o   e.g the Orphic Hymns
·        Collection of skateboard designs for each deity (no, really; his culture was dedicated to skateboard-like vehicles)
·        Children’s storybook

But it is what YOU want it to be…

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