Humanities 103
Mythology
Section 02
Spring 2014
MWF 2:10 – 3:00 pm.
SLN 03984
Todd 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 13 — The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor.
January 15 — Creation Myths: Genesis.
January 17 — Creation Myths: Native American, Mayan, cheesy filmic.[January 20 — Martin Luther King Holiday.]
January 22 — Creation Myths: Hesiod’s Theogony.
January 24 — Homer’s Iliad: Books 1, 2 (lines 1-583).January 27 — Homer’s Iliad: Books 3, [4,] 5.
January 29 — Iliad Books 6, [7,] 8.
January 31 — Iliad Books 9, 10.February 3 — Iliad Books 11, 12.
February 5 — Iliad Books [13,] 14, [15,] 16.
February 7 — Iliad Books [17,] 18, 19.February 10 — Iliad Books [20,] 21, 22.
February 12 — Iliad Books 23, 24.
February 14 — Post-Iliad/Pre-Aeneid.[February 17 — St. Nixon Holy Day.]
February 19 — The Fall of Troy–Aeneid excerpts, Books I-II.
February 21 — The Underworld–Aeneid excerpts, Book VI. Review.February 24 — Writing Essays.
February 26 — Midterm Exam & Essay.
February 28 — Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus.March 3 — Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus; Euripides, Medea.
March 5 — Euripides, Medea.
March 7 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 1; Werewolves.March 10 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 2, 3, 4
March 12 — Trojan War Mythology in Shakespeare’s Lucrece.
March 14 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [5,] 6.[March 17 – 21 — SPRING BREAK]
March 24 — Dinosaur Mythology in Film.
March 26 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 7, 8.
March 28 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 9, 10.March 31 — The Mythology of Love: Andreas Capellanus.
April 2 — The Mythology of Love.
April 4 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 11, 12, 13.April 7 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [14,] 15.
April 9 — Mythology of Gender: Kids’ Toys and Games.
[April 11 — Conference.][April 14 — Conference.]
April 16 — The Shakespeare Myth.
April 18 — The Line, The Cross and the Curve.April 21 — Review & Writing.
April 23 — End-of-Semester Exam & Essay.
April 25 — Mythological Considerations.April 28 — Final Mythorama 2014.
April 30 — Final Mythorama 2014.
May 2 — Last Words: Evaluations, Eulogies.
Dr. Michael Delahoyde, Clinical Professor, Department of English
delahoyd@wsu.edu
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