DIRECTIONS FOR SUBMISSION 1. The paper must be typed using Times New Roman 12-point font and double-spaced using MLA formatting (Links to an external site.) 2. Do NOT include a title. 3. Place your name, date, and course and section numbers in the top of the first page following MLA format. 4. Make sure to save your paper with the following file name: [your last name] Paper 1.
Example: Bohorquez Paper 1. 5. You must submit your paper in a format that is compatible with Microsoft Word. If I have difficulty reading your paper because of the format in which it was submitted, I will consider your paper as not submitted. Though pdf files are compatible with MS Word, the conversion process makes the files very difficult to read. Please do NOT submit your paper as a pdf. 6. Submit this as an attachment to Blackboard. I will not accept hard copies or e-mail submissions of your paper. Make sure that you know how to and can submit to Blackboard before the deadline. 7. You must also have at least 3 relevant and explanatory quotes from the primary texts assigned below. You must have at least one quote from each author, respectively. Remember that all quotes should be followed (or preceded) by an explanation of the quote. You should strive for, at least, two typed lines of your own explanation for every typed line of quote. Paraphrasing is STRONGLY discouraged. 8. This paper is not intended to be a research paper. My expectations are that you will demonstrate an earnest engagement with the topic of the assignment, using the primary texts to do so. Citations of secondary sources is STRONGLY discouraged. 9. When referring to texts please use parenthetical citations in MLA format. Right-click on the link for MLA format info: MLA format. Remember that MLA citations require a page number. 10. The length of the paper MUST be at least the minimum. Only use words in the body of the paper toward word count. Click on the following link for information on setting up word count on MS Word: Word Count 11. Make sure to include a Works Cited section or page. Look at this link for info on how to format and what to include in a Works Cited page. Keep in mind that a Works Cited page is not a Bibliography: Works Cited vs. Bibliography. This assignment is due Sunday, October 16 at 11:59:00 pm (almost midnight). Write a 1000 to 1250-word essay responding to the following prompt.
So far this semester we have discussed Sartres essay, Existentialism, Tolstoys The Death of Ivan Ilyich, and excerpts from Barretts Irrational Man,. We have also discussed how the question of the meaning of life requires an assessment of the being that can even ask the question itself. Using at least one quote from each of the aforementioned texts, with particular attention to Barretts chapter on Heidegger, explain how a Heideggerian phenomenological appraisal of Being can frame the question of the meaning of being in a manner to more effectively attempt a response to the question of the meaning of life.