The topic of subject : The Odyssey you will write a thematic analysis of one of

The topic of subject : The Odyssey
you will write a thematic analysis of one of your assigned texts
[THE ODYSSEY] with help from secondary source research. In short, you will provide an independent, interpretive close reading of a text and smoothly integrate some of the thoughts of other credible, peer-reviewed, scholarly, professional literary analysts into your work to help make your case. You may use these integrated quotes or paraphrases to help support or illustrate your claims, or in some cases you may disagree with and argue against them, but the combination of 1) your own analytical and interpretive ideas, 2) quotes from and specific references to the text you’re analyzing, and 3) the perspectives from your secondary sources will work to develop and ultimately prove your thesis.