Use or reword this thesis/main idea: Both the St. Augustine Confessions and the Lais of Marie De France contain stories of how being truthful affects relationships.
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Come up with a better thesis
Then using the prompt below and the texts listed to write a synthesis essay comparing the texts while refering back to the thesis.
Prompt: Analyze and compare they ways in which these 2 perspectives operate from their respective rhetorical standpoints, making sure you have a clear and arguable thesis supported by textual evidence. Considered how the narrative perspective of a work affects the way we read that work, particularly with reference to the authoritative position of the author/narrator.
Texts:
– Lais of Marie De France
(USE ONLY LAIS IV, VI, and VIII (Eliduc, Lanval, and Bisclaret))
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11417/11417-h/11417-h.htm#VIII
– The Confessions of Saint Augustine
(USE ONLY Book I (Childhood); Book II (pear tree) ; Book III (student) ; Book V (Leaves for Rome) ; Book VI (ambitions) ; Book VIII (conversion); Book IX (death of monica)
https://www.ling.upenn.edu/courses/hum100/augustinconf.pdf
Structure:
– Intro
– Summarize text 1
– Summarize text 2
– Comparison of the texts
– Conclusion