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Units
 

Introductions and Orientation (Sept. 3 – 11)

  • Welcome to Skidmore
  • Course goals and requirements
  • Advising meetings
  • Theorizing myth

Unit 1. Ancient Myth (Sept. 13 – Oct. 25)

  • Genres and media of myth
  • Heroic legends
  • Content, themes, and function

Unit 2. Modern Myth (Oct. 30 – Dec. 6)

  • The Marvel Cinematic Universe as modern myth
  • The rise of the multiplex superhero
  • Collective heroism

Conclusions (Dec. 11 – 19)
   
Important dates
 

September

03 (Tu) First seminar meeting
04 (W) First day of classes
09 (M) FYE Signature Event, 8:00 p.m.: Jennifer Hochschild
10 (Tu) Presidential Reception, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
13 (F) Unit 1 begins

October

05 (Sa) Field trip to NYC
09 (W) Yom Kippur -- no classes held
19 (Sa) Project: Proposal (by 11:00 p.m.)
23 (W) Midterm exam (in class)
25 (F) Study Day -- no classes held
28 (M) Advising begins
30 (W) Unit 2 begins

November

02 (Sa) Project: Annotated Biblio 1 (by 11:00 p.m.)
16 (Sa) Project: Annotated Biblio 2 (by 11:00 p.m.)
27 (W) Thanskgiving break -- no classes held
28 (Th) Thanskgiving break -- no classes held
29 (F) Thanskgiving break -- no classes held

December

07 (Sa) Project: Rough Draft (by 11:00 p.m.)
09 (M) Project: Rough Draft meetings begin
11 (W) Last meeting; course evaluations
19 (Th) Project: Paper due (by noon)
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