Archetypes

UNIT I : (water)

UNIT II: (fire)

UNIT III:(earth)

UNIT IV: (air)

UNITS

Writing Guidelines for Major Essays:

Major Paper #1 (1000-1200 wds.) grading
Major Paper #2 (1000-1200 wds.) grading
Major Paper #3 (1000-1200 wds.) grading
Final Paper/Exam (take home) grading
list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
Extra Credit

ONLINE ELEMENTS (MYTH-related):

MYTH SYMBOL DREAM

 

 
Syllabus Myth Blog

Readings

This semester, I've selected 4 readings. I also require a detailed response per reading, one that consists of strong quote-based and/or paraphrase-based assertions to support your claims.

They are in order as follows:

1. "Shambleau" (CoRead) pp. 02-18; or

"Perseus, Book IV" (Ovid) lines 663-803;

(RR#1)+ Resources

2. "Supertoys Last all Summer Long" (CoRead) pp. 19-23; or

"Pygmalion, Book X" (Ovid) 220-297.

(RR#2) + Resources

3. "Case Study: Battle Royale's Apocalyptic Millenial Warning"(CoRead) pp. 25-31; or

"Orpheus and Eurydice, Book X" (Ovid) 01-85.

(RR#3)+Resources

4. "The Real Truth about Superman," (CoRead) pp. 36-40; or

"Hercules and Deianira, Book IX," (Ovid) 89-272.

(RR#4) +Resources

Course Textbooks:

Required: (+ CODES)

1. Course Reader (CoRead)

2. Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro

3. Ovid, The Metamorphoses, trans. Kline, online e-text

3. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami (BattRoy)
4. The Donnie Darko Script by Richard Kelly

Recommended:

1. College-level dictionary;
2. Any grammar text (Eng. 100)

Definitions:

myth:
archetype:
tale (including folktale):
symbol:
dream:

 

 

"It has always been the prime function of mythology and rite to supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward, in counteraction to those other constant human fantasies that tend to tie it back." -- Joseph Campbell

Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

New Jersey: Princeton Univ. Press, 1949.

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