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MUSES AND MANEATERS (CLAS 1110) SYLLABUS PLEASE NOTE: HW = Homework. ALWAYS BRING ALL READINGS FOR THE DAY TO CLASS. This syllabus may be revised during the term. Please give yourself ample time to read and prepare to discuss the book Winter’s Bone, starting on Wed Jun 18. For this assignment see the HW under Tue Jun 17. Before Tue Jul 2, please watch the film Children of Men. For this assignment see the HW under Mon Jul 1. Introduction to Muses and Maneaters Mon Jun 2 Class: Handouts: Course Description and Requirements Sheet, Syllabus, Cultural Context of Greek Literature Discuss first two handouts Cultural Context: From the Bronze Age to the Classical Age HW: If you have not already done so, get the books for this course at the CU Bookstore (in the Student Union). Please watch the 30-second video: http://ambrosia.pwrfaculty.org/yawn.ppsx Read and be able to paraphrase the following two summaries: 1. http://ambrosia.pwrfaculty.org/deathinvenice.summary.doc 2. http://ambrosia.pwrfaculty.org/birthoftragedy.summary.doc Different Approaches to Interpreting Literature and Film Tue Jun 3 Class: Handout: Hermeneutics and Introduction to Tragedy Finish Cultural Context Symbolism, Functionalism, Comparativism, Structuralism (Post-structuralism later) HW: Read Sophocles’ Oedipus the King (in the Three Theban Plays) with reference to the Oedipus the King Discussion Questions: http://ambrosia.pwrfaculty.org/oed.discuss.doc Introduction to Tragedy Wed Jun 4 Class: Handouts: Oedipus the King, Oedipus the King Flyer Finish Symbolism, etc. Introduction to Tragedy Start Oedipus the King HW: Oedipus the King Thu Jun 5 None Class: Handout: Sample Exam Discuss handout Continue Oedipus the King HW: Memento assignment as explained in class Fri Jun 6 Class: Handout: Memento Discussion Questions Discuss HW related to first part of handout Finish Oedipus the King Start Memento (director’s edition DVD) HW: HW for the first part of Memento handout as explained in class Oedipus the King and Memento: Classical Reception and Dialogical Readings Mon Jun 9 Class: HW (questions for First Exam) explained Finish Memento Start discussing Oedipus the King and Memento HW: Tue Jun 10 Prepare questions for First Exam Class: Finish discussing Oedipus the King and Memento Questions for First Exam HW: Wed Jun 11 For Wed Jun 11Prepare for First Exam Class: First Exam HW: Read and be able to paraphrase the following summary: http://ambrosia.pwrfaculty.org/iphig.pdf Read Agamemnon (in Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy) with reference to the Oresteia Discussion Questions: http://ambrosia.pwrfaculty.org/oresteia.discuss.doc Iphigenia and Agamemnon: Female Adolescent Initiation Myths, Crime and Punishment Thu Jun 12 Class: Handout: Agamemnon Iphigenia and FAIMs/SLR pattern Agamemnon HW: Read The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides (in Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy) with reference to the Oresteia Discussion Questions: http://ambrosia.pwrfaculty.org/oresteia.discuss.doc The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides: Homicide and Cultural Evolution Fri Jun 13 Class: Handout: The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides Agamemnon The Libation Bearers HW: Read Lysistrata (in Four Plays by Aristophanes) with reference to the Lysistrata Discussion Questions: http://ambrosia.pwrfaculty.org/lysistrata.discuss.doc Lysistrata: Greek Comedy, “Pornography,” Women and War Mon Jun 16 Class: Handout: Greek Comedy and Lysistrata Eumenides Background to Greek Comedy Start Lysistrata HW: Tue Jun 17 Look ahead to the HW under Tue Jun 17 Class: Finish Lysistrata HW: Before class on Wed Jun 18: Read Winter’s Bone and prepare to discuss it with reference to the Winter’s Bone Discussion Questions available at http://ambrosia.pwrfaculty.org/bone.doc. Winter’s Bone: Modern Female Adolescent Initiation Myths (see Iphigenia) and the Heroic Journey (see Odysseus) Wed Jun 18 Class: Start Winter’s Bone HW: Thu Jun 19 None Class: HW (Questions for Second Exam) explained Continue Winter’s Bone HW: Fri Jun 20 Prepare questions for Second Exam Class: Handout: History of English Homer assignments explained Questions for Second Exam Finish Winter’s Bone History of English HW: Mon Jun 23 Prepare for Second Exam Class: Second Exam HW: Odyssey Book 1 (this and all other Odyssey assignments in boldface should be read in their entirety in the translation of the Odyssey by Lombardo; assignments not in boldface can be read in the Odyssey Synopsis at: http://ambrosia.pwrfaculty.org/odyssey.synopsis.pdf Odyssey Synopsis, Books 2-3 From here on, read both the translation and Synopsis with reference to the Odyssey Discussion Questions: http://ambrosia.pwrfaculty.org/odyss.discuss.doc Homer's Odyssey: the Anti-hero and the Rule of Civilization Tue Jun 24 Class: Handouts: Select Introduction to Homer, Odyssey Books 1-24 Discuss first handout Odyssey 1-3 HW: Odyssey Books 4-6 Odyssey Synopsis, Books 7-8 See tomorrow’s HW, if you wish to get a head start on it Wed Jun 25 Class: Odyssey 4-8 HW: Thu Jun 26 Odyssey Books 9-12 Class: Start Odyssey 9-12 HW: Odyssey Synopsis, Books 13-16 Odyssey Books 17-19 Odyssey Synopsis, Book 20 Fri Jun 27 Class: Finish Odyssey 9-12 Odyssey 13-20 HW: HW (first part of Children of Men sheet-see top of page 1 of syllabus) explained Odyssey Books 21-23 Odyssey Synopsis, Book 24 Mon Jun 30 Class: Odyssey Books 21-24 HW: Please watch Children of Men with reference to the questions on the Watching Children of Men sheet. Get the sheet at: http://ambrosia.pwrfaculty.org/children.doc Children of Men: An Apocalyptic Odyssey Tue Jul 1 Class: HW (Questions for Third Exam) explained Start Children of Men and the Odyssey HW: Wed Jul 2 Prepare questions for Third Exam Class: Questions for Third Exam Finish Children of Men and the Odyssey HW: Thu Jul 3 Prepare for Third Exam Class: Third Exam