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Winter 2018 Term Dates: January 8 to April 16 , 2018 th st Final Exam Dates: April 18 to May 1 , 2018 (NOTE: Travel arrangements should not be made until after the Final Exam Schedule has been posted.) Course:

CLAS 262/4-A

Day & Time:

Tue & Thu 16:15-17:30

Professor:

K. MacDonald

Email:

[email protected]

Office Hours:

Tue 13:00-14:00 & Fri 11:00-12:00

Required Text:

Gods, Heroes, and Monsters by Carolina Lopez-Ruiz (978-0190644819)

Office Ext.:

5587

Location:

H-507

Office Location:

FB-1030.25 (1250 Guy St.)

Grading System for the Department of Classics, Modern Languages & Linguistics (In the event of extraordinary circumstances beyond the University’s control, the content and/or evaluation scheme for this course is subject to change.) A+ 93-100

A 89-92

A-

B+

86-88

82-85

B 79-81

Calendar Description of the Course: CLAS 262

Mythology of the Ancient Mediterranean (3 credits)

Important Term Dates: (According to the Undergraduate Calendar)

Important Notes:

B76-78

C+ 72-75

C 69-71

C66-68

D+ 62-65

D 59-61

D55-58

F/FNS 0-54

An examination of the common mythological themes of the ancient Mediterranean, this course focuses on the events, the characters, and the significance of recurrent elements as found in the myths of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

Last day to drop courses (DNE): Last day to add courses: Last day to discontinue courses (DISC):

January 22, 2018 January 22, 2018 March 19, 2018

Holidays – Midterm Break: Holidays – Good Friday: Holidays – Easter Monday: Make-Up Day for Good Friday: First day of the Examination period: Last day of the Examination period:

February 19-25, 2018 March 30, 2018 April 2, 2018 April 17, 2018 April 18, 2018 May 1, 2018

1. It is the Departmental Policy that auditing courses is not permitted. 2. Assignments should be handed in during class time or during your professor’s office hours. When circumstances necessitate it and you cannot make it to class, please email your assignment to your professor.

Plagiarism: The Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics upholds the University’s principles of academic integrity and expects its students to understand and follow the regulations of the Code of Conduct (Academic). http://www.concordia.ca/students/academic-integrity/code.html All students are advised to consult the website the following website on academic integrity and information concerning plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct: http://www.concordia.ca/students/academic-integrity.html Ignorance of these regulations is not a viable excuse for transgressing the Code of Conduct (Academic). Violations of the Code of Conduct (Academic) can result in a variety of sanctions which include, among others, a failure of your assignment, a failure in your course or additional mandatory credits.

The most common offense under the Code of Conduct Academic is plagiarism which the Code defines as “the presentation of the work of another person as one’s own or without proper acknowledgement.” This could be material copied word for word from books, journals, internet sites, professor’s course notes, etc. It could be material that is paraphrased but closely resembles the original source. It could be the work of a fellow student, for example, an answer on a quiz, data for a lab report, a paper or assignment completed by another student. It might be a paper purchased through one of the many available sources. Plagiarism does not refer to words alone – it can also refer to copying images, graphs, tables and ideas. “Presentation” is not limited to written work. It also includes oral presentations, computer assignments and artistic works. Finally, if you translate the work of another person into French or English and do not cite the source this is also plagiarism. In simple words: Do not copy, paraphrase or translate anything from anywhere without saying from where you obtained it!

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MYTHOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN PLEASE NOTE:

CLAS 262/4.A

Winter 2018

It is your responsibility to ensure you are familiar with the contents of this outline and to check the course Moodle site regularly for announcements and additional material. E-mails are answered Monday through Friday, inclusive, between 9:00 and 17:00.

Welcome to the world of mythology – a world populated by gods and goddesses, women and men, and monsters both figurative and literal. Over the course of this semester, you will be introduced to many such characters through our study of examples of four different “types” of myth. This study will allow you to become familiar with individual myths of various civilizations and peoples of the ancient Mediterranean, as well as with the basic and common features of each of the four types of myth given consideration in our course. Additionally, you will be given opportunities to develop your interpretive skills and to analyze and discuss individual myths and types of myth in regard to their meaning within ancient societies and their enduring significance. There are no pre-requisites for this course. Evaluation Term tests:

FEB. 6, MAR. 6 and MAR. 27

45 % of final grade (15 % each)

A test will be written in class on the dates noted above. Each test will have one section of “short answer” questions, e.g. multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and one or two sections in which you will be required to write a longer response. The longer response section/s will offer you an opportunity to present your analysis/interpretation of a specific myth or myths and/or explore issues raised by the myths we have studied in class. More information about the content and format of each test will be discussed in class at least one week prior to its date and posted on the course Moodle site. Take-home assignment: due at BEGINNING of class (16:15) APR 5. 15% of final grade This assignment will require that you compare one text/myth we have studied in class with one text/myth we will not study in class. The instructions for this assignment are posted in the first block of the course Moodle site, and will be discussed in class after our mid-term break, or sooner as determined by the class. Final exam:

DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED

40% of final grade

The final exam will be cumulative in nature, and will contain “long answer” and essay questions, pertaining to both the basic course material and interpretation and analysis of that material. The precise format and content of the course will be discussed in class no later than our final class of April 12. The above grading scheme applies to ALL members of the class and will not be altered for any individual. There are no supplemental tests, assignments or exams for this course. Course work may be written in French or English. IMPORTANT INFORMATION RE: MISSED TESTS If you are unable to write a test on the date for which it is scheduled due to serious and unforeseen circumstances, you may be offered a replacement test provided ALL of the following criteria are met: * You contact me, via e-mail before the writing of test; * You explain in your e-mail why you are unable to write; * You have a serious reason for missing the quiz/assignment, e.g. your illness, the illness of your child/children, a death in your immediate family, personal accident or injury. If you do not write the replacement test as scheduled, that test will be forfeit.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION RE: TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENT No re-writes of this assignment will be permitted. Please ensure you seek and obtain whatever assistance you require BEFORE you submit your assignment. If you are unable to submit your assignment on its due date due to serious and unforeseen circumstances, you may be offered a new due date provided ALL of the following criteria are met: * You contact me, via e-mail before the assignment’s due date; * You explain in your e-mail why you are unable to submit the assignment on its due date; * You have a serious reason for missing the due date, e.g. your illness, the illness of your child/children, a death in your immediate family, personal accident or injury. If you do not submit the assignment on the new due date, that assignment will be forfeit.

Please Note: Non-emergency travel does not qualify as a valid reason for missing a test or assignment due date, nor does having work due in another class or having a test in another class. In regard to the final exam, please note that the date of this exam is set by the University’s Exams Office, and will not be finalized until late February or early March. This semester, the exam period runs from April 18 to May 1, inclusive, and students are expected to be available to write exams throughout this period. If, for any reason, you are unable to write the exam for this course on the date for which it is scheduled, you must contact the Exams Office to make alternate arrangements. NO INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS FOR ALTERNATE EXAM DATES OR TIMES WILL BE ACCOMODATED BY THE COURSE INSTRUCTOR. The Exams Office does NOT recognize “travel” as a valid reason for rescheduling a final exam, and therefore no such requests will be considered by that office or by the course instructor. Do not finalize your travel plans until the Exam Schedule has been finalized.

READINGS AND TEXTS

CLAS 262/4

There is one required textbook for this course: nd

Lopez-Ruiz, Carolina (ed). Gods, Heroes and Monsters. 2 edition. The course textbook may be purchased in the bookstore on the SGW (downtown campus). To facilitate class discussion, please ensure you have completed the assigned readings for each class prior to class.

Schedule of Topics & Readings Jan. 9 – Course introduction Cosmogonies and Theogonies Jan. 11 – Babylonian Epic of Creation: Enuma Elish

pp. 2-5 & Part 1.1

Jan. 16 – Mesopotamia: Theogony of Dunnu

Part 1.2

Jan. 18 – Hesiod’s Theogony

Part 1.5

Jan. 23 – Hurro-Hittite Narrative Song: Kumarbi Cycle

Part 3.4b (pp. 154-158)

Jan. 25 – Creation myth in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book 1

Part 1.10

Jan. 30 – DISCUSSION

Mankind Created, Mankind Destroyed Feb. 1 – Mesopotamian Flood Stories: Atrahasis

pp. 69-73 & Part 2.1.a

Feb. 6 – TERM TEST # 1 Feb. 8 – The Flood Story from the Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI

Part 2.1.b

Feb. 13 – Excerpt from the Book of the Heavenly Cow

Part 2.2.b

Feb. 15 – Ovid’s myth of the Flood, from Metamorphoses, Book 1

Part 2.8

Feb. 20 & 22 – NO CLASSES: MID-TERM BREAK Mar. 1 – Discussion Mar. 6 – TERM TEST # 2 The Deities and Their Lovers Mar. 8 – Ishtar’s Descent to the Underworld

pp. 383-386 & Part 6.3

Mar. 13 – Isis and Osiris, from Plutarch’s De Iside at Osiride

Part 6.6

Mar. 15 – Cybele & Attis, from Arnobius, Adversus Nationes, Book V

Moodle posting

Mar. 20 – Aphrodite & Anchises: The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite Adonis, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book 10

Part 5.4 Part 6.11 & Moodle posting

Mar. 22 – Discussion Mar. 27 – TERM TEST # 3 Epic Struggles: Gods, Heroes and Monsters Mar. 29 – The Epic of Gilgamesh (selections)

pp. 124-127; Part. 3.1. Part 5.1 & & Part 6.2

Apr. 3 – Gilgamesh, continued Apr. 5 – Herakles, from Apollodorus’ Library

Part 3.12.c

TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENT due at beginning of class (16:15) Apr. 10 – Cupid & Psyche, from Apulieus, The Golden Ass, Books 4 – 6 Part 5.21 AND Part 6.15 Apr. 12 – Discussion & exam prep.

PLEASE NOTE: The above schedule is subject to change, dependent upon the interests of the class. Any substantial change will be discussed in class, and communicated via the course Moodle site....