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Tentative Schedule of Topics and Readings
Week I: Creation:
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Day 1
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AM
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First definitions of "myth," "legend" and "folklore"
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PM
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Epic of Creation (Enuma Elish) in Myths from Mesopotamia
Discussion: Reading to Write (Critical Reading)
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Day 2
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AM
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Hesiod, Theogony: Genealogy and Cosmogony. Study Guide for Theogony
Hesiod, Works and Days, lines 1-245
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PM
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Discussion: Writing short response papers (Mariah Steele)
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Day 3
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AM
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Response Paper 1 due at 9:00 a.m.
Genesis, Chs. 1-11: Why Life is Hard. Study Guide for Creation
Ovid, Metamorphoses, Bk 1: A rationalized version of creation?
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PM
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Introduction to doing research (Jen Rouse)
Creating webpages with Dreamweaver (Holly Martin Huffman): Cole Library 127
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Day 4
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AM
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Gilgamesh, Tablets 1-6: Hero and Friend. Study Guide for Gilgamesh
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PM
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Writing for the Web (Mariah Steele)
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Day 5
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AM
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Response Paper 2 due at 9:00 a.m.
Gilgamesh, Tablets 7-12: Quest for Immortality
Metamorphoses Project, Part 1A, due at 5:00 p.m.: Greek versions of the myth
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Week II: The Experience of a Hero
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Day 6
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AM
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Homer, Odyssey, Book 1-2 Study Guide for the Odyssey
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PM
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No class.
Metamorphoses Project, Part 1B, due at 5:00 p.m.: analysis of Greek versions of the myth
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Day 7
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AM
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Homer, Odyssey, Books 3-5: Telemacheia and initiation
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PM
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Critiquing websites: Cole 127
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Day 8
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AM
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Homer, Odyssey, Books 6-9: Poet/bard and oral tradition
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PM
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Oral tradition (cont.)
Researching myths through time; using secondary literature (Jen Rouse): Cole 127
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Day 9
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AM
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Response Paper 3 due at 9:00 a.m.
Homer, Odyssey, Books 10-13: Travels, Trickster, visit with the Dead; Homeric Hymn to Hermes (Hymn 4)
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PM
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Citing and Using Secondary Sources in your Analysis: Mariah Steele
Bibliography due at 5 p.m. (please include a link and bibliographical reference to the modern version of your mythological figure, plus at least four to five sources that provide historical context, information about the artist/author, and interpretation of the modern work)
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Day 10
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AM
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Homer, Odyssey, Books 16, 19, 21-24: The meeting of minds: Penelope and Odysseus
Metamorphoses Project, Part 2A, due at 5 p.m.: summaries of later versions of the myth
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Week III: Metamorphoses of Myth
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Day 11
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AM
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draft of Metamorphoses Project, Part 2B, due at 5p.m.: analysis of a later version of the myth
film: O Brother, Where Art Thou? dir. by Joel Coen (2000)
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PM
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discussion of film, comparison with Odyssey
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Day 12
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AM
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Response Paper 4 due at 9:00 a.m.
Homeric Hymn to Demeter (Hymn 2): Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries. Study Guide for Demeter
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Day 13
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AM
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Sophocles, Philoctetes Study Guide for Philoctetes
Critique of another group's website due at 5 p.m. Using the questions posted, comment on the group's website that is listed before your group. Send your comments to group members and Prof. Gruber-Miller.
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Day 14
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AM
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Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus
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PM
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final draft of Metamorphoses Project, Parts 1 and 2A, due at 5:00 p.m.
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Day 15
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AM
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Response Paper 5 (if Sophocles) due at 9:00 a.m.
Homeric Hymns to Dionysos (Hymns 1 and 7);
Ovid, Metamorphoses, pp. 51-73, 134-42, 225-34, 249-52
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PM
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cont.
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Week IV: Metamorphoses of Myth (cont.)
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Day 16
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AM
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Response Paper 5 (if Ovid) due at 9:00 a.m.
Naomi Iizuka, Polaroid Stories
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PM
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Day 17
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AM
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Metamorphoses Project Group Presentations
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PM
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Metamorphoses Project Group Presentations (cont.)
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Day 18
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AM
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Portfolio due at noon, including reflective essay
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G and Semele in Cornell College's 2002 production of Polaroid Stories
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