Humanities 103
Mythology

Section 04
Fall 2005
SLN 38794
TTh 10:35 - 11:50
CUE 114
Dr. Michael Delahoyde
Avery Hall 355 -- Washington State University
Hours: TTh 8:30-10:15, and by appointment.
Phone: 509-335-4832
E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu


Mythology
Syllabus


August 23 -- The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor.
August 25 -- Creation Myths: Genesis, Native American, Mayan, cheesy filmic.

August 30 -- Creation Myths continued: Hesiod's Theogony.
September 1 -- Hesiod's Theogony.

September 6 -- Homer's Iliad: [Introduction,] Books 1, 2 (lines 1-583), 3.
September 8 -- Iliad Books [4, 5,] 6, [7,] 8.

September 13 -- Iliad Books 9, 10, [11, 12,] 13.
September 15 -- Iliad Books 14, 15, 16.

September 20 -- Iliad Books [17,] 18, 19, 20.
September 22 -- Iliad Books 21, 22, 23.

September 27 -- Iliad Book 24.
September 29 -- The Trojan War: The Sequel--Aeneid excerpts. Hell.

October 4 -- Midterm Exam.
October 6 -- Project #1 Due. Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus.

October 11 -- Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus; Euripides, Medea.
October 13 -- Euripides, Medea; Other Plays.

October 18 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 1, 2, 3.
October 20 -- Conference.

October 25 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 4, 5, 6, 7.
October 27 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 8, 9, 10.

November 1 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 11, 12, 13, 14.
November 3 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 15.

November 8 -- Herpephobia: Dinosaur Mythology.
November 10 -- Trojan War Mythology in Shakespeare's Lucrece.

November 15 -- Project #2 Due. Mythologies of Depression and Love.
November 17 -- The Art of Courtly Love.

November 21 - 25 -- THANKSGIVING BREAK

November 29 -- The Line, The Cross & The Curve.
December 1 -- Film and Analysis.

December 6 -- Last Words: Evaluations, Eulogies. Review.
December 8 -- Final Mythorama 2005.

Whenever -- Final.


Mythology Index


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