Textbooks:
Dundes, Alan, 1984, Sacred
Narrative.
Leeming , David Adams, 1990, The World of Myth.
St. Christian, Douglass P., 1991, Research Style Guide.
Schedule and Topics:
| Weeks: | Topic: | Reading: |
| Weeks 1-5 |
B. Culture and Franz Boas Example: Orpheus |
Leeming: 3-42. The Bible: Genesis 1-3. Bascom in Sacred Narrative, pp. 5-29. Honko in Sacred Narrative, pp. 41-52. Kirk in Sacred Narrative, pp. 53-61. Rooth in Sacred Narrative, pp. 16 A Franz Boas Reader, pp. 135-155. Reserve. Malinowski in Sacred Narrative, pp. 193-206. Firth in Sacred Narrative, pp. 207-216. |
| Week 6-7 | Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalytical Theory Example: Oedipus | Sigmund Freud: The Ego &
The Id (Reserve). Sigmund Freud: The Basic Writing of Sigmund Freud. Dundes in Sacred Narrative, pp. 270-294. On dreams: pp.188-217. Reserve. |
| Week 8 | The Flood(s) | Leeming: 43-63. |
| Week 9 | A. Heaven and Hell B. Alfred Adler and the Inferiority Complex: Example: Hades |
Leeming: 64-90. The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler, pp. 101-133. Reserve. |
| Week 10 | Gods, Goddesses and the in between | Leeming: 91-162. Leeming: 175-214. |
| Week 11-12 | A. The Hero: Birth.
Quest, and Rebirth B. Jung and Archetypal Approaches Example: The Hero and the Earthmother |
Leeming: 215-315. Jolande Jacobi: The Psychology of C.G. Jung, pp. 1-77 Jung in Sacred Narrative, pp. 244-255. Reserve. Eliade in Sacred Narrative, pp. 137-151. Segal on Joseph Campbell in Sacred Narrative, pp. 256-270. Leeming. (Xerox). Reserve. Erich Neumann: The Great Mother, pp. 3-24, 94-120. Reserve. |
| Week 13-14 | The Trickster Claude Levi-Strauss and Structuralism Example: The Trickster |
Leeming: 163-174. Babcock. (Xerox). Reserve Claude Levi-Strauss: Structural Anthropology, pp. 205-231. Reserve. Claude Levi-Strauss in Sacred Narratives, 295-314. Claude Levi-Strauss: The Raw & the Cooked, pp. XI & 1-32. Reserve. |
| Week 15 | Love, Chivalry | Leeming: 185. |
| Week 16 | Places and Objects | Leeming: 316-348. |
GRADING:
Grades will be based on a) a term paper, b) two mid-terms and
c) on the basis of twenty cosmological beliefs, and ten legends
collected by the student.
1. Attendance will not affect your grades, but class notes will be of major importance in both your examinations.
2. Grade Breakdown: Term paper 30% of grade; Mid-terms 30% of grade each (Total: 60% of grade); Collections: 10% of grade. Make-up exams will be available for mid-terms.
EXAM I: Materials for weeks 1-7, Wednesday, October 24, 1995.
EXAM II: Materials for weeks 8-15, Monday, December 4, 1997.
Instructions:
Term paper proposals are due on Friday, September 7, 1997. They should include a topic, a statement of purpose, and a preliminary bibliography.
Use: St. Christian, Douglass P., 1991, Research Style Guide for technical help in researching and writing your term paper.
Term papers are due the last day of classes.
For undergraduate students:
A) Term papers should be eight pages long excluding the title page and the bibliography.
B) The bibliography should include at least four scholarly articles.
C) Term papers need to have a statement of goals, a body and a conclusion.
For graduate students:
A) Term papers should be in the twenty page range excluding the title page and the bibliography.
B) The bibliography should include at least six scholarly articles.
C) Term papers need to have a statement of goals, a body and a conclusion.
