Mythology

Humanities 103
Mythology
Section 02
Fall 2016
SLN 01876
MWF 11:10 am – 12:00 noon.
Bryan 324
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


August 22 — The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor.
August 24 — Creation Myths: Genesis.
August 26 — Creation Myths: Native American, Mayan, cheesy filmic.

August 29 — Hesiod’s Theogony: The Greek Gods.
August 31 — Homer’s Iliad: Books 1, 2 (lines 1-583).
September 2 — Homer’s Iliad: Books 3, [4,] 5.

[September 5 — Labor Day Holiday.]
September 7 — Iliad Books 6, [7,] 8.
September 9 — Iliad Books 9, 10.

September 12 — Iliad Books 11, 12.
September 14 — Lost Civilizations: The Aegean.
September 16 — Iliad Books [13,] 14, [15,] 16.

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

September 26 — Iliad Books 23, 24.
September 28 — The Fall of Troy–Aeneid excerpts, Books I-II.
September 30 — The Underworld–Aeneid excerpts, Book VI. Review.

October 3 — Writing Essays.
October 5 — Midterm Exam & Essay.
October 7 — Greek Music; Intro to Sophocles, Oedipus.

October 10 — Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus.
October 12 — Euripides, Medea.
October 14 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 1; Werewolves.

October 17 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 2, 3, 4.
October 19 — The Shakespeare Myth.
October 21 — [Conference.]

October 24 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [5], 6, 7, 8.
October 26 — Trojan War Mythology in Shakespeare’s Lucrece.
October 28 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 9, 10, 11.

October 31 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 12, 13. Monsters.
November 2 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [14,] 15.
November 4 — [Conference. No Formal Class Meeting.]

November 7 — Better Academic Writing.
November 9 — The Line, The Cross and the Curve.
[November 11 — Sacred War Holiday. No Class Whatsoever.]

November 14 — The Mythology of Love: Andreas Capellanus.
November 16 — Mythology of Gender: Kids’ Toys and Games.
November 18 — The Mythologies of Personality & Depression.

[November 21 – 25 — THANKSGIVING BREAK.]

November 28 — Review & Writing.
November 30 — End-of-Semester Exam & Essay.
December 2 — Mythological Considerations. Dinosaurs?

December 5 — Final Mythorama 2016.
December 7 — Final Mythorama 2016.
December 9 — Last Words: Evaluations, Eulogies.


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