Mythology

Humanities 103
Mythology
Section 01
Fall 2012
SLN 25346
MWF 1:10 – 2:00 pm.
Todd 430
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 20 — The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor.
August 22 — Creation Myths: Genesis, Native American.
August 22 — Creation Myths: Native American, Mayan, cheesy filmic.

August 27 — Creation Myths: Hesiod’s Theogony.
August 29 — Homer’s Iliad: Books 1, 2 (lines 1-583).
August 31 — Homer’s Iliad: Books 3, 4.

[September 3 — Holy Day.]
September 5 — Iliad Books 5, 6, [7].
September 7 — Iliad Books [8,] 9, 10.

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

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

September 24 — Pause.
September 26 — Iliad Book 24.
September 28 — The Trojan War: The Sequel–Aeneid excerpts.

October 1 — Review & Writing.
October 3 — Midterm Exam & Essay.
October 5 — Trojan War Mythology in Shakespeare’s Lucrece.

October 8 — Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus.
October 10 — Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus; Euripides, Medea.
October 12 — Euripides, Medea.

October 15 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 1, 2.
October 17 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 3, [4]; Werewolves & Zombies.
October 19 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [5,] 6; Herpephobia (Dinosaur Mythology).

October 22 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 7, 8.
October 24 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 9, 10.
October 26 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 11 [Orpheus, Midas], 12.

October 29 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 13, [14].
October 31 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 15.
November 2 — The Line, The Cross and the Curve.

November 5 — The Alan Green Experience: Part 1.
November 7 — The Alan Green Experience: Part 2.
November 9 — Mythologies of Depression.

[November 12 — Sacred War Day. No Learning.]
November 14 — The Art of Courtly Love.
November 16 — Popular Cultural Constructs.

November 19 – 23 — THANKSGIVING BREAK

November 26 — Film and Analysis.
November 28 — Review.
November 30 — Last Exam & Essay.

December 3 — Final Mythorama 2012.
December 5 — Final Mythorama 2012.
December 7 — Last Words: Evaluations, Eulogies.


Dr. Michael Delahoyde, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of English
delahoyd@wsu.edu
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