August 25: Course introductions, expectations
Myths
August 27: An introduction to Myth
September 1
READ: Eliade, ch. 1 (“Archetypes and Repetition“)
VIEW: Moyers / Campbell, episode 1 (“The Hero’s Adventure“)
September 3
READ: Eliade, ch. 2 (“The Regeneration of Time“)
VIEW: Moyers / Campbell, episode 3 (“The First Storytellers“)
September 8
READ: Eliade, ch. 3 (“Misfortune and History“)
VIEW: Moyers / Campbell, episode 6 (“The Mask of Eternity“)
September 10
READ: The Epic of Gilgamesh (entire)
September 15-22
READ: GAIMAN (entire)
September 24: Research Methods
DUE: Part 1 (Myth)
Rituals
September 29: An Introduction to Ritual
READ: Miner, “Body Ritual Among the Nacerima“
October 1
READ: STEPHENSON, ch. 1-2
October 6
READ: STEPHENSON, ch. 3-4
October 8
READ: STEPHENSON, ch. 5-7
October 13
READ: Turner, “Betwixt and Between“
VIEW: Holy Ghost People
October 15
READ: Roof, “Blood in the Barbecue“
October 20
READ: Andrews, “Rituals of the African American Domus“
October 22
READ: McBride, “Capital Punishment“
October 27
READ: McClymond, “Of Fists and Feathers“
October 29
READ: Bellah, “Civil Religion in America“
November 3 – 5: Writing Seminars
Conversations & Conclusions
November 10 – 19: Presentations
DUE (Nov. 10): Part II (Ritual)
[End of in-person instruction]
December 1, 3: On-line conversations
READ: LAWRENCE / JEWETT (chapters 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, [9 or 10, you choose], 16)
December 10
DUE: Final Paper (submitted electronically via email, by 11:00 a.m.)
(Prompt, final paper)
