CIE100: Common Intellectual Experience - Sappho Writing Prompt (10 Points)

Assignment Goals

The goals of this assignment are:

1. To reflect upon the course texts in preparation for thoughtful discussion
2. To organize thoughts into a concise and cohesive response to a targeted question
3. To consider multiple viewpoints about ideas

The Assignment

In this writing prompt, you will consider the questions below and write a 1-2 paragraph that thoughtfully reflects upon them. Provide your thoughts or opinions about the topic, along with a quote or two from the text that reinforces your point of view. Consider also what a counter-argument or alternative viewpoint might be, and briefly discuss that as well. Provide a quote that illustrates this alternative viewpoint, or a quote that might contradict this alternative viewpoint.

Writing Prompt

1. Reflect on the fragments and incomplete nature of Sappho’s work. How does this affect your interpretation of her poetry?

2. In what other ways do we interpret or interpolate our understanding in light of incomplete information?

Submission

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