Compare and contrast any ancient myth of your choice (except any Greek myth) with any contemporary one, particularly in terms of the structures and contents of both myths.

Compare and contrast any ancient myth of your choice (except any Greek myth) with any contemporary one, particularly in terms of the structures and contents of both myths.

Ideally you should be using any of the myths described and analysed by Levis-Strauss in the Raw and the

Use First person point of view and AAA Format

Your analytical comparison should include a discussion of at least six of the following structural elements:

1. Oppositional
2. Resolving or mediating
3. Tricksters
4. Messiah
5. Supernatural powers
6. Mythemes
7. Themes or motif
8. General structures
9. Dialectic processes
10. Triads
11. Symbols
12. Repetitions
13. Rituals

As well, when comparing the general themes of the myths, use a model similar to the one used by Levi-Strauss in the analysis of the Ash-Boy and Cinderella, so that you can make a clear structural comparison between myths.

SHOW me your understanding of structuralism

 

 

Additional research paper information.

 

• Use additional sources to substantiate your argument and enrich your analysis.
• Avoid using the Internet, encyclopaedias, and dictionaries (They are NOT academic sources. They only reprint what is in the original sources).
• Use peer review journals, articles, books, and other equally valid scholarly sources.
• Keep in mind that critical analysis is about exercising careful judgment or judicious evaluation of a given subject matter. Carefully examine the subject matter you are discussing, its elements, and their relation
• Provide examples of the theoretical points you make or raise.
• Demonstrate that you genuinely understand what the author is saying.
• Put your own thoughts into the paper, but always in relation to the topics or issues you are addressing.
• Maintain a theoretical orientation that is anthropological, so that the paper won’t come across as a journalistic account or a literary critique.
• Make comparisons, analogies or use any other literary devices to illustrate your points.
• Quote and make proper references as much as you need to in order to avoid any potential form of plagiarism.
• By all means, use the first person if you want to. Remember that knowledge does not come from trees, mines or thin air. We produce it. Therefore, it is useless to decontextualize our writing from our own human agency.
• Define terms and ideas that are not obvious to the reader or need further clarification.
• Make sure someone, other than yourself, proofreads your paper before you hand it in.
• Include a bibliography or references and number the pages.
• To avoid possible penalties, bring your paper on the due date.