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Lecturer: May Hsueh (薛梅)
Email: hsuehmay@mail.ntou.edu.tw
Phone: 02-24622192 #2011
Course ID: M9D024SC
Credits: 3
Objective: This course aims to help students experience and recognize the significant influences of Greek and Roman mythology over Western culture, especially as shown in fine arts and literature. In addition to reading myth stories and research articles, students need to practice story-telling ability through oral presentations and to express their own ideas and thoughts through academic writings, according to the instructor’s requirements.
Course Prerequisites: None
Outline:
see Course Schedule
Teaching Method: lecture, discussion, oral presentation, essay questions, short paper
Reference: Classical Myth (Powell), Classical Mythology (Oxford), Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Anthology of Classical Myth, The Cambridge Companion to Homer, The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology, The Lightening Thief
Course Schedule (subject to change):
Tentative Syllabus
Week 1. Introduction to this course Myths of Creation: The Rise of Zeus (Classical Myth Chapter 4)
Week 2. National Holiday
Week 3. Myths of Creation: The Origins of Mortals (Classical Myth Chapter 5)
Week 4. Myths of Creation: The Origins of Mortals (Classical Myth Chapter 5)
Week 5. Myths of the Olympians: Zeus and Hera (Classical Myth Chapter 6)
Week 6. The Cultural Context of Classical Myth (Classical Myth Chapter 2)
Week 7. Myths of the Olympians: The Male Deities (Classical Myth Chapter 7) Apollo (Classical Mythology Chapter 11)
Week 8. Myths of the Olympians: The Female Deities (Classical Myth Chapter 8) Athena (Classical Mythology Chapter 8)
Week 9. Myths of the Olympians: The Female Deities (Classical Myth Chapter 8) Artemis/Diana (Classical Mythology Chapter 10)
Week 10. Myths of the Olympians: The Female Deities (Classical Myth Chapter 8) Aphrodite/Venus
Week 11. Myths of Fertility: Demeter (Classical Myth Chapter 9)
Week 12. Myths of Fertility: Dionysus (Classical Myth Chapter 10)
Week 13. Love and Hatred: Cupid and Psyche + Jason and Medea
Week 14. Heroes: Theseus + Perseus + Hercules
Week 15. The Iliad: Achilles and Hector
Week 16. Term Paper
Week 17. Asynchronous Distance Learning.
Week 18. Asynchronous Distance Learning.
Evaluation:
Requirements and Grading Policy
1.Class participation and discussion: 30%
2.Oral presentations (5-8 minutes storytelling, with PPT):2or3A+ 1B: 30 %
3.Short Essays: 20%
4.Term Paper: A comparison between the book and the film of The Lightening Thief: 20%
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