Humanities 103
Mythology
Section 02
Spring 2017
SLN 01609
MWF 2:10 – 3:00 pm
Todd Hall 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 9 — The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor.
January 11 — Creation Myths: Genesis.
January 13 — Creation Myths: Native American, Mayan, cheesy filmic.[January 16 — Martin Luther King Holiday.]
[January 18 — Wazzucalypse: no classes.]
January 20 — The Greek Gods; Homer’s Iliad: Book 1.January 23 — Homer’s Iliad: Books 2 (lines 1-583), 3, [4].
January 25 — Iliad Books 5, 6, [7].
January 27 — Iliad Books 8, 9.January 30 — Iliad Books 10, 11.
February 1 — Lost Civilizations: The Aegean.
February 3 — Iliad Books 12, [13,] 14, [15].February 6 — Iliad Books 16, [17,] 18.
February 8 — Iliad Books 19, [20], 21, 22.
February 10 — Lost Episode.February 13 — Iliad Books 23, 24.
February 15 — The Fall of Troy–Aeneid excerpts, Books I-II.
February 17 — The Underworld–Aeneid excerpts, Book VI. Review.[February 20 — St. Nixon Holy Day.]
February 22 — Writing Essays.
February 24 — Midterm Exam & Essay.February 27 — Greek Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus.
March 1 — Sophocles, Oedipus; Euripides, Medea.
March 3 — Euripides, Medea.March 6 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 1; Lycanthropy.
March 8 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 2, 3.
March 10 — Intermission.[March 13 – 17 — SPRING BREAK]
March 20 — The Shakespeare Myth.
March 22 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 4, [5,] 6, 7.
March 24 — Trojan War Mythology in Shakespeare’s Lucrece.March 27 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 8, 9.
March 29 — The Mythology of Love: Andreas Capellanus.
March 31 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 10, 11, 12.April 3 — Ovid Apocrypha.
April 5 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 13, [14,] 15.
April 7 — Scholarly Research.April 10 — The Line, The Cross and the Curve.
April 12 — Mythology of Gender: Kids’ Toys and Games.
April 14 — Mythology of Personality and Depression.April 17 — Review.
April 19 — End-of-Semester Exam & Essay.
April 21 — Limbo.April 24 — Final Mythorama 2017.
April 26 — Final Mythorama 2017.
April 28 — Last Words: Evaluations, Eulogies.
Dr. Michael Delahoyde, Clinical Professor, Department of English
delahoyd@wsu.edu
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