Spring 2020 - HUM 332 J100
Mythology in Context (4)
Class Number: 5461
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2020: Tue, 5:30–9:20 p.m.
Vancouver -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 18, 2020
Sat, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
David Mirhady
dmirhady@sfu.ca
1 778 782-3906
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Prerequisites:
45 units. Recommended: HUM 102.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
A detailed interdisciplinary study of the role of mythology within a particular culture or tradition. Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
The Odyssey and its Tragic Prequels
The Homeric epics set the narrative framework around which the Athenian writers of tragedies told their stories, several of which are set between the events of the Iliad and the Odyssey. These include the suicide of Ajax, the re-recruitment of Philoctetes, the capture of the Trojan women, and the return home and murder of Agamemnon. After closely reviewing the text of the Odyssey, we shall examine how the tragedians adapted their prequels to respond to this framework.
Grading
- Participation 20%
- Assignments (4 X c. 750 words) 60%
- Final Exam (90 minutes) 20%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Aeschylus II. (2013)
ISBN: 9780226311470
Euripides V. (2013)
ISBN: 9780226308982
Sophocles II. (2013)
ISBN: 9780226311555
Homer, The Odyssey. (2018)
ISBN: 0393356256
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