On the Submission of the ¡­

On the Submission of the Obligatory Qualifying Essays

Please choose one of the following topics for your essay:

1.Describe the main doctrines of the Pure Land School in East Asia. Explain the popularity of this school in the East Asian countries.

2.Describe the significance of the ¡°filial piety¡± principle for the ethical and socio-political norms of Confucianism, and the influence of this principle upon the religions and cults of East Asia.

The essay should be on 4-5 pages (double-spaced), and is supposed to be based upon the obligatory literature, supplementary (non-obligatory) reading and lecture notes. It should include a literature list and references to the sources, which are expected to follow either Chicago or Harvard style (see the guidebooks here: http://www.hf.uio.no/sitat/stiler.html). Two copies of the essay should be submitted to the Institute¡¯s office (4th fl., PAM) between 12.30 and 15.00 o¡¯clock on April 21, 2006 or at an earlier date. An obligatory ¡°declaration concerning cheating¡± should be submitted together with the essay (http://www.hf.uio.no/internt/studier/eksamen/obligerklaering.html). The essays cannot be submitted by fax or e-mail, and all submissions after 15.00 on April 21, 2006, will not be accepted.