Themes for Essay #4

Prepare your essay from the following list of themes. Alternatives are permitted only if cleared with the instructor ahead of their preparation and submission.

While your textbook is an acceptable initial source for preparing your essay, it will be insufficient fully to address these topics. The number of additional reference resources you need will differ from topic to topic, but a typical number of additional sources will range from 3 to 5, whether digital or hardcopy. More is fine, but fewer may mean you will miss incorporating a key point in your essay. Be succinct, but be complete.

Do remember to place the following sentences as a separate paragraph at the top of the first page of your essay. An essay submitted without this paragraph will not be marked, and resubmission will be subject to the late penalty:

"I hereby attest that this essay is entirely my own original work, excepting only that the work of others is properly noted and cited where incorporated into my own work. Thus, it is fair and honest for me to ask this work to be evaluated and marked by the instructor for a grade in this Humanities I course."

1. Compare and contrast the religious and social roles in India of Buddhist monasteries with that of Hindu temples.



2. Compare and contrast the religious and social roles in China of Buddhist monasteries with that of Taoist temples.



3. Compare and contrast the religious and social roles of the Buddhist stupas in India with that of Buddhist pagodas in Japan..



4. Cite and compare at least three examples of Chinese Taoist painting with that of Japanese Zen Buddhist painting. (Include photocopies or web links to paintings being analyzed.)



5. Compare and contrast the role of Confucian philosophy in the development of Chinese and Japanese social mores.



6. Compare and contrast the role of Buddhism in the development of Chinese and Japanese arts other than painting.



7. Cite and compare samplings of Hindu poetic literature with portions of the early Japanese work entitled The Tale of Genji. (Be sure to indicate what that analysis can tell us today about the social development of the peoples who produced such work.)



8. Cite and compare samplings of Hindu scriptures with portions of the so-called Confucian classics. (Be sure to indicate what that analysis can tell us today about the social development of the peoples who produced such work.)

The University, and I, take the standards and expectations relating to academic honesty quite seriously. You are expected to prepare an original essay comprising your own words and ideas generated from our readings and discussions and your further research, using others' work (whether the textbook or notes from other hardcopy or digital sources) only where appropriate and with full disclosure/citation. Lack of proper disclosure and citation of other's work constitutes plagiarism, which is academic dishonesty. A first offense renders the student subject to dismissal from this class with an F; a second offense any time during your academic career here at CBU may result in dismissal from the University. If you have questions about what constitutes plagiarism in particular, or academic dishonesty in general, you are welcome to raise questions with me or any of your instructors, and encouraged to refer to the 2002-03 Student Handbook (see pages 76-77) for University policy details.