This class is called MAGIC, SHAMANISM, AND RELIGION. This assignment is a 5-10 sentence outline for a term paper that will be assigned at a later date. To make it easier for the writer and to keep the same ideas and format, I would like to have the same writer for the outline now and for the full essay later. Once this assignment has been accepted, I will upload a link to the required e-book along with my email and password to access the e-book.
Teacher’s instructions:
Midterm Paper Outline Guidelines
The goal of this assignment is to have you present an original argument inspired by The Hold Life Has (HLH) that is well researched and supported, but instead of developing a full essay, you will turn in a very concise outline.
Your outline should make only five points. Each point can be 1-2 sentences. (The shortest acceptable assignment is 5 sentences; the longest is 10.)
Each paper outline should consist of the following:
1. An original argument phrased as “I argue that…”
2. Support for your argument from the book (HLH)
3. Support for your argument from a credible source (APA or MLA citations are fine)
4. Support for your argument from a second credible source or the book (HLH) (Preferably the book)
5. Conclusion
The most important part of this assignment is the original argument. The goal is for you to write about something you are interested in. Please don’t just summarize Catherine Allen’s arguments. Each point should be no more than two sentences. I will not reward extra writing; I might be grumpy if there’s extra writing.
Here’s an example of what a paper outline might look like, adapted from a former student’s A+ essay:
1. I argue that Quechua is overwhelmingly the most important factor in the preservation of Runa culture.
2. Chansanakuy exists as a way to talk about serious topics or air out grievances with a veneer of joking wit, and is expressed entirely through a dialogue between two people speaking “…Quechua used with eloquence and wit…” (Allen, 2003, p. 181).
3. According to How the Language We Speak Affects the Way We Think, published in Psychology Today, language can exist as “…a filter, enhancer, or framer of perception and thought,” (Benítez-Burraco, 2017). If Quechua is lost as a language, one of the ways the Runa conceptualize the world is lost as well; with no specific word for ayni, does the concept weigh as heavy in the minds of future generations?
4. In Chapter 9 of The Hold Life Has, the author focuses on more recent generations of Sonqeños and the slow drift away from tradition, and nothing exemplifies the importance of passing down Quechua better than Luis’s grandchild Eldder. Eldder refuses to speak Quechua even to his grandfather Luis, either because he wants to distance himself from the Runa or because he can no longer speak the language proficiently after living in the city.
5. Quechua is referred to as Runasimi by those who speak it- “the language of real people.” There are many cultural practices and concepts uniquely Runa, like ayni or sami or phukuy, and without the proper words to convey them Runa culture is liable to be lost to time, only remembered in history books and ethnographies that give a mere fraction of the whole story.
