NOTE : Daily assignments are posted on our Blog.
UNITS
INTRODUCTION (August 25–27)
- Course goals & requirements
- Screening classical myth
- Engaged viewing
UNIT 1 — PERSEUS & MEDUSA (September 1–17)
- Heroism & divine help
- Visualizing the monstrous
- Divine presence on screen
UNIT 2 — HERACLES / HERCULES (September 22–October 8)
- From pan-Hellenic to all-American
- The labors of a hero
- The meaning of muscle
UNIT 3 — MEDEA & JASON (October 13–22)
- What is leadership?
- Helper maidens & murdering mothers
- Epic adventure versus tragedy
UNIT 4 — THE TROJAN SAGA (October 27—November 19)
- Making the perfect Helen
- Spatial projections in screen epic
- Color-blind casting
DATES to REMEMBER
AUGUST
- 24 M — Classes begin
- 25 Tu — Introduction begins
- 27 Th — Introduction ends
- 31 M — Add deadline
SEPTEMBER
- 01 Tu — Unit 1 begins
- 07 M — Drop deadline
- 14 M — Fall Classics Lecture, 6:30 PM (EST)
- 17 Th — Unit 1 ends
- 20 Su — Quiz 1 due, noon (EST), via email
- 22 Tu — Unit 2 begins. Semester Project overview
- 24 Th — Analysis: Graubart & Ricci on Hercules (1958)
- 29 Tu — Analysis: Huntley & Savage on The Legend of Hercules (2014)
OCTOBER
- 04 Su — Semester Project: Thesis due, noon (EST), via email
- 06 Tu — Analysis: Rosenblum & Whatley on Hercules (2014)
- 08 Th — Unit 2 ends. Grade options deadline
- 11 Su — Quiz 2 due, noon (EST), via email
- 13 Tu — Unit 3 begins
- 18 Su — Semester Project: Preliminary bibliography due, noon (EST), via email
- 15 Th — Analysis: Eiger & Raker on Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- 22 Th — Analysis: Cullors & Pettit on Medea (1969). Unit 3 ends
- 25 Su — Quiz 3 due, noon (EST), via email
- 27 Tu — Unit 4 begins
- 29 Th — Analysis: Gross & Jefferson on Helen of Troy (1956)
NOVEMBER
- 01 Su — Semester Project: Annotated bibliography due, noon (EST), via email
- 03 Tu — Election Day: No class
- 05 Th — Analysis: Davis & Knepper on Troy (2004)
- 12 Th — Analysis: Bernstein & Padala on Iphigenia (1977)
- 15 Su — Semester Project: Rough draft due, noon (EST), via email
- 16 M — Semester Project: Rough draft meetings begin
- 19 Th — Unit 4 ends. Last CC 365 class
- 20 F — Last day of Fall classes
- 22 Su — Quiz 4 due, noon (EST), via email
- 23 M — Semester Project: Rough draft meetings continue
- 28 Sa — Study Days begin
- 30 M — Study Days end
DECEMBER
- 01 Tu — Final exams begin
- 04 F — Semester Project: Final draft due, noon (EST), via email
