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 * Welcome to Mythology!**



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The course will focus on ancient literature from the Middle East, Europe, Africa and North America. Students will read, discuss, and write about selections. Students will trace themes through time and across cultures. The Hero’s Journey and how it applies to each person will be a central theme. Various views of gods and heroes will be investigated, and continual comparisons will be made to Greek and Biblical characters and thinking. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy will be investigated as modern forms of mythology.
 * Course Overview:**

**Goals and Objectives**

To help students:
 * understand that mythology is a vital part of all our lives
 * understand that mythology is not false
 * understand mythology is religious
 * develop a larger sense of world and time
 * be more tolerant of the views of others
 * recognize our kinship with other faiths
 * recognize the impact of Middle Eastern and Greek
 * think on their own
 * become more comfortable discussing their own ideas and what they have read
 * become more proficient at writing their own ideas
 * understand the difficulty in dealing with fragments and translations of ancient works

__Ancient Myths__, Goodrich __The Iliad__, Fagles __Bible__ __The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights__, Steinbeck __The Hobbit__, Tolkien various handouts from the ancient Near East, Africa, and North America
 * Primary Texts:**

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