CAMS 1103 Schedule Fall 2021 PDF

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CAMS1103 Classical Mythology Professor Travis Fall 2021 Course Schedule...

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Module

Activities

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Module 1, August 30 September 10

Read: Odyssey Books 1-4 (Reading Doc B), Primary readings and secondary articles in Reading Docs A and C Watch: Video lectures on The Odyssey and the andra, Succession, and Troy

Quiz 1

1. What is Classical Myth?

Module Module 2, September 11 - 24 2. The andra and the war

Module Module 3, Septmeber 25 - October 8

3. Kleos and

Activities Read: Odyssey Books 5-8 (Reading Doc A), Primary readings and secondary articles in Reading Doc B; Notes on Hermes; Notes on Poseidon Watch: Video lectures on: Calypso, Odysseus and Demodocus, Hermes Supplement, Poseidon Supplement

Activities

Due Dates Available; unlimited attempts allowed, until December 10 at 11:59pm.

Discussion - Participate in Module 1 Mythomachy in your team forum and the main mythomachy forum. Which is the better example of a modern myth, Star Wars or Harry Potter? Lab report - Submit via SafeAssign a 500-750 word report on an experience of a modern myth like a movie, a pop song, or a video game, and its relation to the material in Module 1. See module for details. To Do Quiz 2

Available from beginning of module to last day of module at 11:59 PM

Discussion - Participate in Module 2 Mythomachy in your team forum and the main mythomachy forum. Is it better to be wild or cultivated? Lab report - Submit via SafeAssign a 500-750 word report on an experience of a modern myth like a movie, a pop song, or a video game, and its relation to the material in Module 2. See module for details. Topic: trickster myth. To Do

Available from beginning of module to last day of module at 11:59 PM

Quiz 3 Read: Odyssey Books 9-12 (Reading Doc A), Primary readings and secondary articles in Reading Doc B; Notes on Afterlife Myth; Notes on Jason, Medea and the Argonauts; Notes on the curse-myths of Mycenae and Thebes Watch: Video lectures on The Nostos Discussion - Participate in Module 3

Last day of module by 11:59 PM

Due Dates Available; unlimited attempts allowed, until December 10 at 11:59pm.

Last day of module by 11:59 PM

Due Dates Available; unlimited attempts allowed, until December 10 at 11:59pm.

Available from beginning of module to last

nostos: the balancing act

Module Module 4, October 9 - 22

4. Odyssseus, (anti)hero of metis

Module Module 5, October 23 November 5

5. Who was Ovid and why did he destroy mythology?

Problem; Jason Supplement; Afterlife Supplement

Activities Read: Odyssey Books 13-24 (Reading Doc A), Primary readings and secondary articles in Reading Doc B; Notes on Athena; Notes on Artemis; Notes on Aphrodite Watch: Video lectures on Focus on Penelope; Athena Supplement; Artemis Supplement; Aphrodite Supplement; The End of the Odyssey: Three Symbols

Activities Read: Metamorphoses (Met) Books 1-4 (Reading Doc A), Primary readings and secondary articles in Reading Doc B; Notes on Apollo; Notes on Dionysus Watch: Video lectures: Introduction to Ovid; Apollo Supplement; Dionysus Supplement

Mythomachy in your team forum and the main mythomachy forum. Who has more kleos, Kim Kardashian or Mother Teresa? (Or, Beyonce or Oprah) Lab report - Submit via SafeAssign a 500-750 word report on an experience of a modern myth like a movie, a pop song, or a video game, and its relation to the material in Module 3. See module for details. Topic: myth of kleos. To Do Quiz 4

day of module at 11:59 PM

Discussion - Participate in Module 4 Mythomachy in your team forum and the main mythomachy forum: Which is a better narrative embodiment of changing cultural truth-values surrounding gender-roles, Mulan (any version) or Brave? Lab report - Submit via SafeAssign a 500-750 word report on an experience of a modern myth like a movie, a pop song, or a video game, and its relation to the material in Module 4. See module for details. Topic: myth of gender-roles. To Do

Available from beginning of module to last day of module at 11:59 PM

Quiz 5

Discussion - Participate in Module 5 Mythomachy in your team forum and the main mythomachy forum. Who is more like Ovid, Stephen Colbert or Mel Brooks? Lab report - Submit via SafeAssign a 500-750 word report on an experience of a modern myth like a movie, a pop song, or a video game, and its relation to the material in Module 5. See module

Last day of module by 11:59 PM

Due Dates Available; unlimited attempts allowed, until December 10 at 11:59pm.

Last day of module by 11:59 PM

Due Dates Available; unlimited attempts allowed, until December 10 at 11:59pm.

Available from beginning of module to last day of module at 11:59 PM

Last day of module by 11:59 PM

Module Module 6, November 6 19

6. Who is Mythic Guy and why isn't he a hero?

Module Module 7, November 20 December 10

7. What is Ovid doing to humanism? Why is Rome such a bad place?

Activities Read: Met Books 5-8 (Reading Doc A), Primary readings and secondary articles in Reading Doc B; Notes on Mythic Guy; Notes on Demeter; Notes on Athenian Myth Watch: Video lectures: Ovid and Mythic Guy; Demeter Supplement

Activities Read: Met Books 9-15 (Reading Doc A), Primary readings and secondary articles in Reading Doc B; Notes on Heracles; Notes on Orpheus, Notes on the Aeneid; Notes on Roman Myth Watch: Video lectures: Ovid and Love; Ovid and Rome; Heracles Supplement; Orpheus Supplement; Farewell Lecture

for details. Topic: mythic dismantling. To Do Quiz 6

Due Dates Available; unlimited attempts allowed, until December 10 at 11:59pm.

Discussion - Participate in Module 6 Mythomachy in your team forum and the main mythomachy forum. Which is a better example of a modern mythic-guy myth, Superman or Batman? Lab report - Submit via SafeAssign a 500-750 word report on an experience of a modern myth like a movie, a pop song, or a video game, and its relation to the material in Module 6. See module for details. Topic: mythic guy. To Do Quiz 7

Available from beginning of module to last day of module at 11:59 PM

Discussion - Participate in Module 7 Mythomachy in your team forum and the main mythomachy forum. Is mythic storytelling getting better, or worse?

Available from beginning of module to last day of module at 11:59 PM

Lab report - Submit via SafeAssign a 500-750 word report on an experience of a modern myth like a movie, a pop song, or a video game, and its relation to the material in Module 7. See module for details. Topic: myth of human action.

Last day of module by 11:59 PM

Last day of module by 11:59 PM

Due Dates Available; unlimited attempts allowed, until December 10 at 11:59pm....