Myth and Folklore Syllabus PDF
Myth and Folklore Syllabus PDF
Myth and Folklore Syllabus PDF
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MWF / 1:00 2:00 pm / Rm 213
MWF 4:00 5:00 pm
Course Title
Course Description
Course Prerequisite(s)
ENG 6
Course Duration
Units
3.0
Objectives
Course Topics
1. Introduction to Mythology
a. Definition
b. Significance
2. Critical Frameworks to Mythology
a. Joseph Campbell (myth as metaphor)
b. Carl Jung (archetypes)
c. Bronislaw Malinowski (functionalism)
d. Claude Levi Strauss (structuralism)
e. Ferdinand de Saussure and Roland Barthes
3. Mythologies of the world
a. Cosmogony
i. Hebrew origin myths
ii. Babylonian origin myths
iii. Greek origin myths
iv. Norse Origin myths
v. African origin myths
vi. MesoAmerican origin myths
vii. Philippine (Visayas) origin myths
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d. Tricksters
i. Prometheus [Greek]
ii. Loki [Norse]
iii. Thousand and One Nights [Middle East]
iv. Raven [MesoAmerican]
v. Anansi and Olifat [African]
e. Birth and Death
i. The Book of the Dead [Egyptian]
ii. Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca [MesoAmerican]
iii. Philippine (Visayan) myths
f. Modern Mythologies and Folklores
i. Lord of the Rings [UK]
ii. Harry Potter [UK]
iii. Sandman (Neil Gaiman)
iv. Princess Mononoke (Japanese)
g. Apocalypse
i. Hebrew apocalypse
ii. Ragnarok [Norse]
PREFINAL EXAMINATIONS : 4 OCTOBER 2013
FINAL EXAMINATIONS : 11 OCTOBER 2013
Additional texts:
1. Twelve Labors of Hercules [Greek]
2. Jason and the Argonauts [Greek]
3. Pandoras Box [Greek]
4. Oedipus Rex [Greek]
5. Perseus [Greek]
6. Aeneid [Roman]
7. Beowulf [Anglo-Saxon]
8. The Myth of Orpheus [Greek]
9. The Lost City of Atlantis [Greek]
10. David (Michaelangelo; Donatello; Bernini)
11. Jason and the Argonauts (Chaffey 1963) <film>
12. Oedipus the King (Saville 1968) <film>
13. Jason Campbell and The Power of Myth (PBS 1988) <film>
14. Troy (Petersen 2004) <film>
15. Mirror Mask (McKean 2005) <film>
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Lectures
Reports
Class discussion
Film screening
Quizzes
Notes
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