Explain how storytelling salvific (healthy, able to save people from dangerous or unethical situations) in The Arabian Nights and in Boccaccio’s Decameron? (Consider the following: Do the stories help listeners psychologically, morally, or in other ways?) Discuss and make sure to include any quotation that may help you support your views.
Boccaccio’s Decameron Book link: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Decameron/4Z5x82ImmF0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&kptab=overview
I don’t have the 2nd book which is “The Arabian Nights”. Message me if you have it. I uploaded the cover page of the book. See if it the same one that you have.
Wikipedia, answers.com, Cliff Notes, Sparknotes, Shmoop, enotes, gradesaver, or other similar internet sources DO NOT qualify as outside or background sources. You may, however, search for secondary material either by going to Queens College Library, or by navigating through Jastor or Project Muse in the Queens College online Library Databases. You may also consult websites that end with “.edu.” If you need to define a term, please use: Dictionaries of Literary Terms, or Encyclopedias of Literary Themes and Motifs, Dictionaries of Symbolism, and other reputable dictionaries or encyclopedias. Internet dictionaries are usually very superficial and do not qualify for a college paper, however you may use the online Oxford English Dictionary available through QC library databases.
Quotations are very important in a paper: including and discussing specific quotations from the primary text(s) helps you support your views. Also, make sure to refer to specific characters in the tales/poem of your discussion. Finally, please remember this is a Comparative Literature course; that means you should attempt to compare two to three characters, either of the same text, or from different texts discussed in this course.
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