Compare The Penelopiad to The Odyssey. How does Atwood’s novel inform your reading of Homer’s epic poem and to what effect? Thinking of the two texts in dialogue, analyze, interpret, and compare them
Your essay should reference a minimum of four sources and a maximum of six, including the two primary works that you are comparing. Secondary sources must be drawn from the general or scholarly categories. Tabloid or sensationalist sources are almost always inappropriate to college-level research, as are most tertiary sources, including Wikipedia. Your thesis should meet the significance criteria (third level of the Thesis Pyramid) described by the University of California composition program. I recommend that you check your thesis statement with me via email before you revise your initial draft. Sometimes I am able to provide assistance on the conceptual level before you commit to final language.