Description
For this assignment, you will respond to one of the two prompts below and make a thoughtful argument about the Shahnameh and the Sundiata. You will then present your argument to your instructor via a PowerPoint presentation of 8-10 slides and write an overview of what you learned and can take away from that PowerPoint presentation.
Task
Task one- answer the prompt and make a thoughtful argument
1)Analyze the ways in which women in the Shahnameh and Sundiata influence the heroes of these epics. What agency do they have over their own lives? How do they adhere to the values of their societies, and in what ways do they break established norms? What price (if any) do they pay for the choices they make? Ultimately, what lessons are the audience intended to learn about the role of women in these societies?
Second, create a PowerPoint presentation of your argument. Include both text and images that illustrate and enhance the argument you are making. Use the following as an outline of what to include:
Start with a title page that includes your name, the title of the presentation, the date, the course, the name of your professor. (1 slide)
Explain the general topic and put forth a thesis, an argument that brings both epics into conversation with each other. (1 slide)
Apply that topic to both Shahnameh and to Sundiata. Give specific examples and quotations from the texts to support your analyses. (5-7 slides).
Your final slide should be your Works Cited slide, with both texts in MLA format. (1 slide)
Third, and finally: Talking in FIRST PERSON using I answer the questions with an in depth explanation, write it as if you were talking to someone’s face while in a conversation.
What do you feel is the most fascinating part of your presentation, and why? What do you understand about these epics now that you didn’t before you worked on this project? If you had time to continue working on this project, what might you explore next?
