Section 02 [HUM] [H]
Spring 2021
SLN 04156
MWF 11:10 – 12:00 noon.
Zoom
Dr. Michael Delahoyde
Avery Hall 355 — Washington State University
E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu
MYTHOLOGY SYLLABUS
January 20 — The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor.
January 22 — Creation Myths: Genesis.January 25 — Creation Myths: Native American, Mayan, cheesy filmic.
January 27 — Greek Creation and the Greek Gods.
January 29 — Homer’s Iliad: Books 1, 2 (lines 1-583).February 1 — Iliad Books 3, [4,] 5.
February 3 — Iliad Books 6, [7,] 8.
February 5 — Iliad Books 9, 10.February 8 — Iliad Books 11, 12.
February 10 — Lost Civilizations: The Aegean.
February 12 — Iliad Books [13,] 14, [15], 16.[February 15 — St. Nixon Holy Day. No Class Whatsoever.]
February 17 — Iliad Books [17,] 18, 19.
February 19 — Iliad Books [20,] 21. Lost Episodes.February 22 — Iliad Books 22, 23.
February 24 — The Iliad Book 24.
February 26 — Trojan War Sequel: Aeneid.March 1 — The Underworld (How To Get Out of Hell); Review.
March 3 — Writing Advice.
March 5 — Midterm Exam & Essay.March 8 — Pause.
March 10 — Greek Music and Drama: Sophocles, Oedipus.
March 12 — Greek Drama: Euripides, Medea.March 15 — The Shakespeare Myth.
[March 17 — “Academic Break Day” — You’re all suspended.]
March 19 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 1, [2]; Werewolves.March 22 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 3, [4, 5,] 6.
March 24 — Trojan War Mythology in Shakespeare’s Lucrece.
[March 26 — No Zoom.]March 29 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books [7,] 8, [9,] 10.
March 31 — The Mythology of Love: Andreas Capellanus.
April 2 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 11, 12, 13, [14].April 5 — Ovid Apocrypha.
April 7 — Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 15; Mythologies of Food.
[April 9 — Technical problems; class cancelled.]April 12 — The Mythology of Dinosaurs.
April 14 — The Line, The Cross & The Curve.
April 16 — Monsters: Vampires, Zombies, Mummies, et al.April 19 — Review.
April 21 — End-of-Semester Exam.
April 23 — “Office” Hours.April 26 — Final Mythorama 2021.
April 28 — Final Mythorama 2021.
April 30 — The rest is silence.