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Suspicious Topical Essay Guidelines for the Tibetan Renaissance Seminar

This assignment involves writing an essay concerning an topic, but with a tone that is highly suspicious and critical in orientation. Thus you take the stance of the hermeneutics of suspicion, rather than retrieval. In other words, an ideological critique of a religious doctrine, etc.

Start off by providing a summary of the item that is more factual and introductory. Then proceed to discuss more analytical and interpretative issues of the item, including looking at its significance within our time period. Finally, if relevant, look at how the item occurs within the Blue Annals.

In writing these assignments, follow the following general guidelines:

• General Guidelines for all Textual Data
• Introduction: Using Microsoft Word Styles
• Using Word Styles for THDL Markup
• Word Styles Thematic Markup for Blue Annals

Examples: Suspicious Topical Essays