Week 4: Buck's Ramayana (pp. 1-109)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. |
Valmiki, the birds and the hunter. Tell this story from the first-person point of view, with either the bird or the hunter as the storyteller.
Ravana and Śiva. Write out the scene between Ravana and Śiva when Śiva agrees to set Ravana free (you may want to include the words of the song that you imagine Ravana singing, but that is not required).
Ravana and the King of the Haihayas. Describe the fight between Ravana and the King of the Haihayas in the river, as told by one of the king's wives who witnessed the event.
Ahalya and Gautama. You have now read two versions of the story of Ahalya and Gautama. Using material from either Buck and/or from Narayan, write your own version of that story, using first-person narration (i.e., with Ahalya, Gautama, Indra, or Agni telling the story).
Manthara. How does Manthara hatch her plot against Rama? What are the thoughts that pass through her mind after she hears the news of his coronation and when she encounters Kaikeyi? Are there other possible plots that she considers? What are her hopes and fears?
The death of Daśaratha. As the news of Daśaratha's death spreads, what are the reactions of the difference characters? (Daśaratha's wives, Manthara, Sumantra, Vasishtha, the citizens of Kosala...?)
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