Humanities 103
Mythology

Section 02
Fall 2015
SLN 02788
MWF 11:10 am - 12:00 noon.
Cleveland 30W
Dr. Michael Delahoyde
Avery Hall 355 -- Washington State University
Hours: MWF 9:00-10:00, and by appointment.
Phone: 509-335-4832
E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu


Mythology
Syllabus


August 24 -- The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor.
August 26 -- Creation Myths: Genesis.
August 28 -- Creation Myths: Native American, Mayan, cheesy filmic.

August 31 -- Hesiod's Theogony: The Greek Gods.
September 2 -- Homer's Iliad: Books 1, 2 (lines 1-583).
September 4 -- Homer's Iliad: Books 3, [4,] 5.

[September 7 -- Labor Day Holiday.]
September 9 -- Iliad Books 6, [7,] 8.
September 11 -- Iliad Books 9, 10.

September 14 -- Iliad Books 11, 12.
September 16 -- Iliad Books [13,] 14, [15,] 16.
September 18 -- Iliad Books [17,] 18, 19.

September 21 -- Iliad Books [20,] 21, 22.
September 23 -- Iliad: Lost Episode.
September 25 -- [Conference.]

September 28 -- Lost Civilizations: The Aegean.
September 30 -- Iliad Books 23, 24.
October 2 -- The Fall of Troy--Aeneid excerpts, Books I-II.

October 5 -- The Underworld--Aeneid excerpts, Book VI. Review.
October 7 -- Writing Essays.
October 9 -- Midterm Exam & Essay.

October 12 -- Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus.
October 14 -- Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus; Euripides, Medea.
October 16 -- Euripides, Medea.

October 19 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 1; Werewolves.
October 21 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 2, 3, 4.
October 23 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [5,] 6.

October 26 -- The Shakespeare Myth.
October 28 -- Trojan War Mythology in Shakespeare's Lucrece.
October 30 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 7, 8.

November 2 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 9, 10.
November 4 -- The Mythology of Love: Andreas Capellanus.
November 6 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 11, 12, 13.

November 9 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [14,] 15.
[November 11 -- Sacred War Holiday. No Class Whatsoever.]
November 13 -- The Line, The Cross and the Curve.

November 16 -- Mythology of Gender: Kids' Toys and Games.
November 18 -- Herpetophobia and Dinosaur Mythology.
November 20 -- The Mythologies of Personality & Depression.

[November 23 - 27 -- THANKSGIVING BREAK.]

November 30 -- Review & Writing.
December 2 -- End-of-Semester Exam & Essay.
December 4 -- Mythological Considerations.

December 7 -- Final Mythorama 2015.
December 9 -- Final Mythorama 2015.
December 11 -- Last Words: Evaluations, Eulogies.


Mythology Index


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