Humanities 103
Mythology

Section 02
Fall 2013
SLN 02097
MWF 1:10 - 2:00 pm.
Cleveland 30W
Dr. Michael Delahoyde
Avery Hall 355 -- Washington State University
Hours: MWF 11:00-12:00, and by appointment.
Phone: 509-335-4832
E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu


Mythology
Syllabus


August 19 -- The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor.
August 21 -- Creation Myths: Genesis, Native American.
August 23 -- Creation Myths: Native American, Mayan, cheesy filmic.

August 26 -- Creation Myths: Hesiod's Theogony.
August 28 -- Homer's Iliad: Books 1, 2 (lines 1-583).
August 30 -- Homer's Iliad: Books 3, [4,] 5.

[September 2 -- Holy Day.]
September 4 -- Iliad Books 6, [7,] 8.
September 6 -- Iliad Books 9, 10.

September 9 -- Iliad Books 11, 12.
September 11 -- Iliad Books [13,] 14, [15,] 16.
September 13 -- Iliad Books [17,] 18, 19.

September 16 -- Iliad Books [20,] 21, 22.
September 18 -- Iliad Books 23, 24.
September 20 -- Post-Iliad/Pre-Aeneid.

September 23 -- The Fall of Troy--Aeneid excerpts, Books I-II.
September 25 -- The Underworld--Aeneid excerpts, Book VI. Review.
September 27 -- Writing Essays.

September 30 -- Midterm Exam & Essay.
October 2 -- Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus.
October 4 -- Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus; Euripides, Medea.

October 7 -- Euripides, Medea.
October 9 -- Exam Return.
October 11 -- [Conference.]

October 14 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 1, 2, 3, 4; Werewolves.
October 16 -- Trojan War Mythology in Shakespeare's Lucrece.
October 18 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [5,] 6.

October 21 -- Dinosaur Mythology in Film.
October 23 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 7, 8.
October 25 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 9, 10.

October 28 -- The Mythology of Love: Andreas Capellanus.
October 30 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 11, 12, 13.
November 1 -- Loose Ends.

November 4 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [14,] 15.
November 6 -- Mythology of Gender: Kids' Toys and Games.
November 8 -- The Line, The Cross and the Curve.

[November 11 -- Sacred War Day. No Learning.]
November 13 -- Film and Analysis.
November 15 -- Film and Analysis.

November 18 -- Review & Writing.
November 20 -- Final Exam & Essay.
November 22 -- Mythological Considerations.

November 25 - 29 -- THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 2 -- Final Mythorama 2013.
December 4 -- Final Mythorama 2013.
December 6 -- Last Words: Evaluations, Eulogies.


Mythology Index


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