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| Course ID: | CLAS 1020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Classical Mythology | Course
Description: | The myths and sagas of the Greeks and Romans, taught in particular through ancient literature. | | Oasis Title: | Classical Mythology | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in CLAS 1020E, CLAS 1020H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | 1. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MAJOR GREEK AND ROMAN GODS AND HEROES
AND THE STORIES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
2. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE STORY PATTERNS AND NARRATIVE OF
CLASSICAL MYTHS, WHICH REAPPEAR THROUGHOUT WESTERN LITERATURE.
3. STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO RECOGNIZE SYMBOLS IN CLASSICAL MYTHS AND THEIR USE IN
ANCIENT LITERATURE AS GUIDEPOSTS TO IDEAS AND MEANINGS.
4. STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO IDENTIFY AND UNDERSTAND REFERENCES TO CLASSICAL MYTHS
IN LITERATURE AND ART.
5. STUDENTS WILL BECOME AWARE OF THE ROLE OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY AS A BASIC
FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE IN ALL OF WESTERN LITERATURE AND CULTURE.
6. STUDENTS WILL READ ORIGINAL WORKS OF GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
TRANSLATION AND WILL ENGAGE IN CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CLASSICAL MYTH.
7. STUDENTS WILL PRODUCE WRITING WHICH IS STYLISTICALLY APPROPRIATE AND APPROPRIATE
TO THE COURSE AND TO THE DISCIPLINE OF CLASSICS. | | Topical Outline: | I. THE MEANING OF MYTH - METHODS AND APPROACHES
II. EARLY GREEK THOUGHT: THE MYTHS OF CREATION IN HESIOD'S THEOGONY
III. DEVELOPMENT OF DIVINE POWER: APOLLO, DEMETER, HERMES, AND APHRODITE IN THE
HOMERIC HYMNS
IV. THE BASIC STORY PATTERNS: THE WASTELAND, THE RETURN, THE IMPOSSIBLE QUEST,
THE ABANDONED HERO, ETC.
V. HERO TALES IN GREEK TRAGEDY AND COMEDY: THE TRANSFORMATION OF MYTH IN
DRAMATIC LITERATURE
VI. MYTH AND THE PHILOSOPHERS: PLATO'S REPUBLIC, GORGIAS, PHAEDRUS, TIMAEUS
VII. MYTH IN ROMAN DRESS: THE ELEGIAC POETS AND OVID'S METAMORPHOSES | |
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