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Syllabus
- Jan 12 Introduction to the fairy tale
- Jan 14 Cinderella Tales, unit 1
Jan 19 More Despised Children, unit 2
Jan 21 Witches and Female Monsters, unit 3
Jan 26 Demons, Warlocks, Ogres, and other Male Monsters, unit 4
Jan 28 Enchanted Lovers, unit 5, Reading Journals Collected
Feb 02 The Trials of the Hero, unit 6
Feb 04 The Good and the Bad, unit 7
Feb 09 Other Message Tales, unit 8
Feb 11 Noodlehead Tales, unit 9, Paper 1 Due
Feb 16 Clever One Tales, unit 10
Feb 18 Animal Helpers, unit 11
Feb 23 Talking Animal, Chain and Nonsense Tales, unit 12
Feb 25 Animal Trickster Tales, unit 13
Mar 02 Midterm Exam
Mar 04 Pourquoi Tales, unit 14
Mar 09 Bierlin, Ch. 1, 2, 3. Creation Myths
Mar 11 Bierlin, Ch. 4. The Earliest Times, Reading Journals
Collected
Spring Break
Mar 23 Bierlin, Ch. 5. The Flood Myths
Mar 25 Leeming, Introduction and Ch. 1. Miraculous Conception
and Birth
Mar 30 Leeming, Ch. 2. Childhood, Initiation, Divine Signs, Paper
2 Due
Apr 01 Leeming, Ch. 3. Preparation, Meditation, Withdrawal, and
Refusal
Apr 06 Leeming, Ch. 4. Trial and Quest, Paper 3 Proposal Due
Apr 08 Leeming, Ch. 5. Death and the Scapegoat
Apr 13 Bierlin, Ch. 10. Journey to the Underworld and the Path
of Death
Apr 15 Leeming, Ch. 6. Descent to the Underworld
Apr 20 Leeming, Ch. 7. Resurrection and Rebirth
Apr 22 Leeming, Ch. 8. Ascension, Apotheosis, and Atonement
Apr 27 Bierlin, Ch. 11. The End—Visions of the Apocalypse
Apr 29 Bierlin, Ch. 12,13. Interpretation of Myth, Reading
Journals Due
May 03 Final Exam, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Paper 3 Due
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