Humanities 103
Mythology

Section 02
Spring 2014
MWF 2:10 - 3:00 pm.
SLN 03984
Todd 230
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


January 13 -- The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor.
January 15 -- Creation Myths: Genesis.
January 17 -- Creation Myths: Native American, Mayan, cheesy filmic.

[January 20 -- Martin Luther King Holiday.]
January 22 -- Creation Myths: Hesiod's Theogony.
January 24 -- Homer's Iliad: Books 1, 2 (lines 1-583).

January 27 -- Homer's Iliad: Books 3, [4,] 5.
January 29 -- Iliad Books 6, [7,] 8.
January 31 -- Iliad Books 9, 10.

February 3 -- Iliad Books 11, 12.
February 5 -- Iliad Books [13,] 14, [15,] 16.
February 7 -- Iliad Books [17,] 18, 19.

February 10 -- Iliad Books [20,] 21, 22.
February 12 -- Iliad Books 23, 24.
February 14 -- Post-Iliad/Pre-Aeneid.

[February 17 -- St. Nixon Holy Day.]
February 19 -- The Fall of Troy--Aeneid excerpts, Books I-II.
February 21 -- The Underworld--Aeneid excerpts, Book VI. Review.

February 24 -- Writing Essays.
February 26 -- Midterm Exam & Essay.
February 28 -- Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus.

March 3 -- Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus; Euripides, Medea.
March 5 -- Euripides, Medea.
March 7 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 1; Werewolves.

March 10 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 2, 3, 4
March 12 -- Trojan War Mythology in Shakespeare's Lucrece.
March 14 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [5,] 6.

[March 17 - 21 -- SPRING BREAK]

March 24 -- Dinosaur Mythology in Film.
March 26 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 7, 8.
March 28 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 9, 10.

March 31 -- The Mythology of Love: Andreas Capellanus.
April 2 -- The Mythology of Love.
April 4 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 11, 12, 13.

April 7 -- Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [14,] 15.
April 9 -- Mythology of Gender: Kids' Toys and Games.
[April 11 -- Conference.]

[April 14 -- Conference.]
April 16 -- The Shakespeare Myth.
April 18 -- The Line, The Cross and the Curve.

April 21 -- Review & Writing.
April 23 -- End-of-Semester Exam & Essay.
April 25 -- Mythological Considerations.

April 28 -- Final Mythorama 2014.
April 30 -- Final Mythorama 2014.
May 2 -- Last Words: Evaluations, Eulogies.


Mythology Index


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