Humanities 103
Mythology
Section 02
Spring 2016
SLN 02324
MWF 2:10 – 3:00 pm
Todd Hall 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 11 — The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor.
January 13 — Creation Myths: Genesis.
January 15 — Creation Myths: Native American, Mayan, cheesy filmic.[January 18 — Martin Luther King Holiday.]
January 20 — Creation Myths: (Hesiod’s Theogony), The Greek Gods.
January 22 — Homer’s Iliad: Books 1, 2 (lines 1-583).January 25 — Homer’s Iliad: Books 3, [4,] 5.
January 27 — Iliad Books 6, [7,] 8.
January 29 — Iliad Books 9, 10.February 1 — Iliad Books 11, 12.
February 3 — Lost Civilizations: The Aegean.
February 5 — Iliad Books [13,] 14, [15]; Lost Episode.February 8 — Iliad Books 16, [17,] 18.
February 10 — Iliad Books 19, [20].
February 12 — Iliad Books 21, 22.[February 15 — St. Nixon Holy Day.]
February 17 — Iliad Books 23, 24.
February 19 — The Fall of Troy–Aeneid excerpts, Books I-II.February 22 — The Underworld–Aeneid excerpts, Book VI. Review.
February 24 — Writing Essays.
February 26 — Midterm Exam & Essay.February 29 — Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus.
March 2 — Sophocles, Oedipus; Euripides, Medea.
March 4 — Euripides, Medea.March 7 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Intro; Lycanthropy.
March 9 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 1, 2.
March 11 — Intermission.[March 14 – 18 — SPRING BREAK]
March 21 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 3, 4, [5,] 6.
March 23 — Mythology of Gender: Kids’ Toys and Games.
March 25 — No Class.March 28 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 7, 8, 9.
March 30 — Intermission.
April 1 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 10, 11, 12; Ovid Apocrypha.April 4 — The Mythology of Love: Andreas Capellanus.
April 6 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 13, [14,] 15.
April 8 — The Line, The Cross and the Curve.April 11 — The Shakespeare Myth.
April 13 — Trojan War Mythology in Shakespeare’s Lucrece.
April 15 — Mythology of Personality and Depression.April 18 — Review.
April 20 — End-of-Semester Exam & Essay.
April 22 — Limbo.April 25 — Final Mythorama 2016.
April 27 — Final Mythorama 2016.
April 29 — Last Words: Evaluations, Eulogies.
Dr. Michael Delahoyde, Clinical Professor, Department of English
delahoyd@wsu.edu
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