WEEK 1

Day 1

The Iliadic background of the Odyssey (slides)
The Homeric Question
Archaic Greece: History and Culture
Overview of Archaic Greece, sections 1-16 (Perseus)

Day 2

Telemachus' initiation to the heroic world: Od. 1-4
Study Guide, Bks 1-4

Day 3

Odysseus' re-entry to the heroic world: Od. 5-8
Study Guide, Bks 5-8
R. Thomas, "Introduction," Literacy and Orality in Ancient Greece (Cambridge 1992)
M. Scott Momaday, "The Native Voice," in The Columbia Literary History of the United States, ed. E. Elliott (Columbia 1988)

Day 4

Odysseus as story-teller: Od. 9-12
Study Guide, Bks 9-12

Day 5

AM: from Eumaios' hut to the palace: Od. 13-18
Video: The Return of Martin Guerre
Study Guide, Bks 13-18

WEEK 2

Day 6

AM: A meeting of minds--Penelope and Odysseus:
Od. 19-24
Study Guide, Bks 19-24
Metapoetics of Homer (evidence for oral performance)
Role Play Odysseus, Penelope, or Telemachus
(The Odyssey Game)

Day 7

AM: Video: Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World
Tayo's return--Knotted Bellies and Fragile Webs:
Ceremony, pp. 1-153
Alice Kehoe, North American Indians: A Comprehensive Account (Prentice-Hall 1992) pp. 119-42 (on reserve)

Day 8

Tayo's healing: Ceremony, pp. 153-262

Day 9

Rough Draft due; in-class editing

Day 10

A tale of two cities--Carthage and Troy: Aen. 1-2
(slides)
PAPER #1 due at 6 p.m.

WEEK 3

Day 11

AM: Aeneas' journey--Anchises and Dido: Aen. 3-5 Barbara McManus, "Antony, Octavian, Cleopatra"
Role-play in VRoma MOO

Day 12

Rome--past, present, and future: Aen. 6-8
AM: Audio: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Day 13

AM: Relationships in a context of war: friendship,
family, tribe: Aen. 9-12
Role-play in VRoma MOO

Day 14

Journey to a world of magic: Met. 1-3 (slides)
AM: Video: Joseph Campbell's "The Hero's
Adventure" from The Power of Myth

Day 15

Cupid and Psyche: Met. 4-6 (pp. 88-142)
AM: Visit virtual Rome in the time of Apuleius
(VRoma)

WEEK 4

Day 16

Charite: Met. 6-8 (pp. 142-184)
AM: Rough Draft of Paper #2 due; in-class editing

Day 17

From Hell to Salvation: Met. 9-11 (slides)
AM: Develop dialogue for Vroma robot

Day 18

FINAL PAPER due at 5 p.m.

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Department of Classical and Modern Languages

Cornell College
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John Gruber-Miller
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