*Community Cards
*Collect Signature Pages
*Finish notes: Defining Myth/Mythology
*Read: "The Origin of Stories"
---Literary Archeology
*OBJECTIVE: Analyze and evaluate the connection between literature and its historical period and culture.
Jason B--all hours
ReplyDeleteFirst, we began with reading a few more community cards. I sometimes feel a bit like a game show host when I do these, but overall it is helping me to learn names. We have done about a quarter of each class now; it's taking a bit longer than I'd anticipated, but that's not really a problem.
I then collected the syllabus signature pages and finished defining myth/mythology for OUR purposes here in THIS class. I talked a lot, but it's important that we get that straight before we begin.
Important points included
*We are not concerned with whether or not the myths are true or false.
*We are not concerned with advocating or disparaging any particular religious faith or lack thereof.
*We live in a constant loop by which today's truths become tomorrow's mythology.
There was more. Best to get the notes from a friend.
I closed by giving students a Seneca myth entitled, "The Origin of Stories." Read it and complete the "Literary Archeology" worksheet that goes along with it. I instructed students that this was due Monday, and that we'd talk about it then.
That's all, folks.