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107-111 Comparative Mythology | |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr C Mackie |
Prerequisites | see Prerequisites. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject focuses on mythic themes in a cross-cultural context. Students will start with specific themes in Greek myth (e.g. the trickster figure, birth and cosmogony, the quest, the archer/healer) and move on to examine other Indo-European traditions where similar narrative themes occur. Some attention is also given to the ways that these themes emerge in a modern cultural context, especially in the cinema. On conclusion of the subject students should have a grasp of the principal themes and cultural significance of the myths studied, and of some of the major scholarly approaches to Comparative Mythology. |
Assessment | Tutorial participation, a research essay of 2500 words and a reflective essay of 1500 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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