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