Week 2: Narayan's Ramayana (pp. 1-89)Assignments - Reading Guide A - Reading Guide B - Ramayana Resources |
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Your assignment is to choose one of the story retelling suggestions listed below. If you want to write on a different topic, contact the instructor first (make sure you do that at least one day before the deadline so that you can receive an answer back in time).
Author's Note. You need to include a brief author's note in which you explain the storytelling style you chose along with any important changes you made to the original story in creating your own version.
Image. You are required to include at least one image with the story, along with a link to the webpage where you found the image, plus information about the image. You are free to re-use the images you find at the course website, or you can choose some other image to use that you find on the internet. Remember: even if you are re-using an image from the course website, you need to provide image information about it.
Title. You need to include the words "Storytelling for Week ___" in the title you give to the post, along with a title for your actual story (for example, "Storytelling for Week 2: Inside the Mind of Manthara")
Length. Your Storytelling post needs to be a minimum of 300 words long (maximum 1000 words). Make sure you do a spellcheck and a word count, and that you proofread your post by reading it out loud.
When you are done, complete the Gradebook Declaration.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: I have published a blog post with the words "Storytelling for Week ___" in the title, along with a specific title for my story. My post is between 300 words minimum and 1000 words maximum. I have spellchecked and proofread the post. I have included an author's note. I have included an image, along with Image Information. |
Ahalya [please do not choose this option if you already wrote about the story of Ahalya for the Character Essay earlier this week]. Imagine the dialogue between Sita and Rama after their wedding when Rama describes to Sita the events that happened when he and Viśvamitra went on their quest together, and focus on the story of Ahalya. How would Rama tell the story of Ahalya to Sita? What kinds of questions might Sita ask while he tells her the story?
Sita's swayamvara as fairy tale. There are many plot similarities between Sita's swayamvara and the European fairy tales you might have read as a child. Tell the story of Rama's winning of Sita as if it were a typical fairy tale (all the way from "once upon a time..." up to the moment of "... and they lived happily ever after" - even if this is not actually the end of Sita and Rama's story by any means!)
Kooni and Kaikeyi. You saw Kooni persuade Kaikeyi to make Bharata king. Imagine a conversation between Kooni and Kaikeyi AFTER Bharata's visit to his mother. How can Kooni continue to manipulate Kaikeyi's fears and doubts given what Bharata's reaction to the situation?
Daśaratha kills boy while hunting [please do not choose this option if you already wrote about Daśaratha for the Character Essay earlier this week]. Retell the story of Daśaratha killing the boy accidentally in the forest - you can do this either as Daśaratha's interior monologue (what are the thoughts he is thinking as he goes home after the incident?) or in the form of a dialogue between Daśaratha and the boys' parents.
Maricha. Overcoming anger and achieving acceptance are important virtues in this tradition. How did Maricha finally come to put aside revenge and go dwell as an ascetic in a cave? What were the specific events that made this happen? What were the thoughts that Maricha had in mind as he made this change in his life?
Rama chases the deer. What are Rama's thoughts as he runs chasing after the golden deer? Imagine the inner dialogue that accompanies his chase after the deer through the woods up until the moment that he finally shoots and kills the deer.
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