The creation project must be typed and double-spaced with one inch margins on all four sides. Do not create a title page for your document. Place headings for the myth and the analysis. Do not include your name.This project will involve two parts: the writing of a modern myth of creation (500+ words) and an analysis of the myth written (500 words).
First part of the paper is a Myth Story. Using at least three of the nine types of creation myths given in the Creation Myths types handout, students will write a modern creation myth (500 words +). The myth must clearly demonstrate the use of at least three of the Weigle types. The students myth must reflect modern concerns and ideas and must not be just a re-telling of an existing myth. Apart from the chart identifying the nine types of creation myths and the explanation of Weigle's types in Leonard & McClure, chapter 2, students may not use any sources. This is not a research assignment. Students who use information from printed documents, the Internet, or other classes will face academic integrity charges. (This portion of the assignment is worth 50 points)
A creation myth answers questions like Where did we come from? How should we live? What is the purpose of life? What is the proper way for people to live? Why is the universe like it is? What is the nature of the universe? Your myth should be a story that suggests answers to questions like these.
The second part is Myth Analysis. Students will explain which creation types were used to develop their myth and explain what their myth suggests about the place of modern humanity in the world. The analysis should be approximately
Your analysis must explain exactly which of the Weigle types were used and identify which details support their use. Include all myth types that appear in your myth. Your analysis will also explore what questions your creation story tries to answer, how it answers them, and what kinds of things you considered in answering those questions. Did you model your myth after a particular viewpoint, the way C. S. Lewis models Narnia around a Christian view of the world, or J. R. R. Tolkien models Middle Earth around Christian and Norse mythology, or the way Frank Herbert incorporates Catholic and Islamic elements into Dune? What governed the choices you made in your creation story? In what ways does your creation story try to fit our 21st century view of the world? Your analysis must explain which creation types you have used to create your myth and how you used each creation type in your myth.
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