ASIA 490: Senior Seminar
Homework assignment due 1/24/05
Bring typed/word-processed answers to all these questions to class

First, what is the "focal area" that you have chosen for your own research efforts in this class?

The following questions relate to 
Zumwalt, Rosemary Levi. 1998. A Historical Glossary of Critical Approaches, in Teaching Oral Traditions, ed. John Miles Foley. New York: MLA, pp. 75-94.

1. Provide an example of a story/myth (from anywhere) that can be interpreted as a "culture reflector" (see p. 80)

2. Provide an example of a story that follows "epic laws" (see p. 82); be specific about how it follows the "laws."

3. Psychoanalyze a joke of your choice (see pp. 86-87)

4. Describe or recall a translation problem that illustrates an ethnopoetic approach (see p. 87).

5. Rephrase in your own words the quote on p. 91

6. What is your understanding of "tradition" in your chosen focal area?