Humanities 103
Mythology
Section 02
Spring 2018
SLN 03090
MWF 11:10 – 12:00 pm
PEB 136
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 8 — The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor.
January 10 — Creation Myths: Genesis.
January 12 — Creation Myths: Native American, Mayan, cheesy filmic.[January 15 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day.]
January 17 — Creation Myths: (Hesiod’s Theogony), The Greek gods.
January 19 — Homer’s Iliad: Books 1.January 22 — Homer’s Iliad: Books 2 (lines 1-583), 3, [4].
January 24 — Iliad Books 5, 6, [7].
January 26 — Iliad Books 8, 9.January 29 — Iliad Books 10, 11.
January 31 — Lost Civilizations: The Aegean.
February 2 — Iliad Books 12, [13,] 14, [15].February 5 — Iliad Books 16, [17,] 18.
February 7 — Iliad Books 19, [20], Lost Episode.
February 9 — Iliad Books 21, 22.February 12 — Iliad Books 23, 24.
February 14 — The Fall of Troy–Aeneid excerpts, Books I-II.
February 16 — The Underworld–Aeneid excerpts, Book VI. Review.[February 19 — St. Nixon Holy Day.]
February 21 — Writing Essays.
February 23 — Midterm Exam & Essay.February 26 — Greek Music and Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus.
February 28 — Sophocles, Oedipus; Euripides, Medea.
March 2 — Euripides, Medea.March 5 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Intro., Book 1, Lycanthropy.
March 7 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 2, 3, 4.
March 9 — Monsters.[March 12 – 16 — SPRING BREAK]
March 19 — [Intermission.]
March 21 — The Shakespeare Myth.
March 23 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [5,] 6, 7, 8.March 26 — Trojan War Mythology in Shakespeare’s Lucrece.
March 28 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 9, 10, 11.
March 30 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 12, 13; Ovid Apocrypha.April 2 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [14,] 15.
April 4 — The Mythology of Love: Andreas Capellanus.
April 6 — Italy.April 9 — The Line, The Cross and the Curve.
April 11 — Mythology of Gender: Kids’ Toys and Games.
April 13 — Mythology of Personality and Depression.April 16 — Review.
April 18 — End-of-Semester Exam & Essay.
April 20 — Limbo.April 23 — Final Mythorama 2018.
April 25 — Final Mythorama 2018.
April 27 — Last Words: Evaluations, Eulogies.
Dr. Michael Delahoyde, Clinical Professor, Department of English
delahoyd@wsu.edu
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