To introduce students to:
              1) literary and anthropological approaches to myth;
              2) theories of myth and its role in culture;
              3) ethnographic field work techniques:
              4) technical vocabularies of literary criticism and       
                 anthropological research.

Introduction to literary and anthropological approaches to myth, from both a
theoretical and a practical standpoint. Reading of well-known texts on myth by
literary critics and anthropologists will be coordinated with an in-depth analysis of
a large body of Austronesian myths. 
        

        1.		Introduction.
        		Concept of Culture; Concept of Myth
        	
        2 - 3		The Yami and their Habitat
        		-general location
        		-climate
        		-population
        		-subsistence
        
        4 -5		The Structure of Myth
        		- models of human behavior.
        		- verbal art
        		- foundations of oral literature
        
        6 -7. 		Myth and Ritual	
        
        8		Review
        
        9 -10.	The Song of the Ancestors
        		-a case study based on a myth
        
        11-12	The Creation Myth of Iranmilek
        		-genesis
        		-farming fishing
        
        13-14	The Creation Myth of Iranmilek
        		-manufactures
        		-scheduling
        
        15-16	The Creation Myth of Iralalay
        		-cooperation
        		-organized groups
        
        17-18	The Creation Myth of Iralalay
        		-residence
        		-social and political organization
        
        
        19.		The Creation Myth of Yayo
        		-marriage
        		-ownership
        
        20.		The Creation Myth of Yayo
        		-leadership
        		-territoriality
        
        21		The Creation Myth of Ivalino
        		-ceremonial life
        		-calendar
        
        22.		Mythology and Ontology
        		-the Song of the Ancestors and 
        		the concept of the Supreme Being
        
        23.		Belief System
        		
        
        24		Belief System
        		-the Yami pantheon
        
        25.		Belief System
        		-magic
        		-taboo
        
        26.		Belief System
        		-deviners
        
        27		Theme and Motif Variation in Yami Mythology
        	
        28		Genre as a Valid Taxonomic Tool
        
        29		Genre Change and Subsistence
        
        30 		Review

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