Course Name: Homeric Epics and Greek Mythological Iconography
荷馬史詩與希臘神話圖像
3 Credits Class Limit 30
Classroom HSS D201
Instructor: Yi-Chuang E. Lin
Course Description: In this course we will be reading Homer’s Iliad, Odyssey and Greek Mythology along with artworks (such as the paintings on the Grecian urns) that seek to represent these tales of Gods and heroes. With thus, we attempt at an initial understanding of ancient Greek culture and especially their cultural values embedded within these heroic epics and myths.
Textbooks:
Homer, The Iliad, translated by Robert Fagles, Penguin Classics
Homer, The Odyssey, translated by Stephen Mitchell, Atria Books (Simon & Schuster), 2013
Morford, Mark et al., Classical Mythology, International Edition, OUP USA; Ninth edition edition
Assessment & Grading:
In-Class Participation 30%
Assignments 20%
Midterm (essay questions) 25%
Final (essay questions) 25%
Class Schedule:
2/19: Epic Convention
Poet & Muses
Iconography of Muses
The Apple of Discord and Paris' Judgment
The Mycenaean Saga
Stories and Iconography of Zeus, Achilles, Peleus, Thetis
John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn
2/26: In Search of Muths and Heroes: Jason and the Golden Fleece
Stories and iconography of Jason and the Argonauts.
Iliad Book 1-6.
3/5: Iliad Book 7-10
Stories and Iconography of Agamemnon, Menelaus, Helen and Clytemnestra, the House of Atreus
3/12: In Search of the Trojan War: The Age of the Heroes / Henri Schliemann Episode 1-2
Stories and Iconography of Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite
3/19: Iliad Book 10-14
Stories and Iconography of Hera, Athena, Hermes
3/26: 陶片展週 許家琳老師演講
4/2: In Search of the Trojan War: The Singer of Tales / The Women of Troy Episode 3-4
4/9: Iliad Book 14-18
Stories and Iconography of Patroclos and Achilles, Hephaestus, Priam, Hecuba, Cassandra
The Re-interpretation of Cassandra in Victorian and Modern Literature
4/16: Iliad Book 18-24
Stories and Iconography of Artemis, Dionysus, Poseidon
In Search of the Trojan War: The Fall of Troy
Midterm Paper Due
4/23: Odyssey Book 1-5
The Duo Quest
Stories and Iconography of Telemachus, Odysseus, Penelope, Nestor
4/30: Odyssey Book 5-8
Stories and Iconography of Calypso, Lotus Eaters, Cyclopes, Polyphemos, Aeolus and the Laestrygonians
5/7: Odyssey Book 8-11
Book 11: the book of the dead or the Nekuia
Stories and Iconography of Hades, the realm of Hades, meeting of the late Trojan Heroes
5/14: 準備戲劇節：詩歌朗讀，說故事比賽
5/21: Odyssey Book 13-15
Stories and Iconography of Sirens, Circe, Eumaios, Perseus, the invisible cloak, Gorgon and Medusa
5/28: Odyssey Book 16-18
Stories and Iconography of Scylla and Charybdis
6/4: Odyssey Book 19-21
Stories and Iconography of Odysseus slaying of Penelope’s suitors, Eurycleia
The Universality of the Odyssey, the Greek Everyman
Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses
6/11: Odyssey Book 22-24
Stories and Iconography of King Minos, Daedalus, Icarus, Minotaur and Labyrinth
6/12: 專題演講：James Joyce's Ulysses A202 10:30-12:00
6/18: Ancient World: The Greek Thing
Final Paper Due
