DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE
2012-2013 FALL TERM
AKE 1009 MYTHOLOGY
Instructor Information
Instructor : Arsev Aysen Arslanoglu
Office : Block A Room A 114
Office Hours: Friday 10.00-11.00
E-mail : arsev@yahoo.com (Please do not send any unnecessary messages and do not forget to write the subject of your message in the subject line)
Blog : www.arsevarslanoglu.blogspot.com
Course Description:
The aim of this course is to introduce the students classical Greek mythology and some classical literary texts.
The textbook to be used in the course: Harris, Stephen L. and Gloria Platzner. Classical Mythology: Images & Insights. Toronto: Mayfield Publishing Company, 2001.
Course Program
1st week                   01.10-05.10          Introduction
2nd week                  08.10-12.10          Introduction to Greek Myth (3-33), Ways of Interpreting Myth (34-56)
3rd week                  15.10-19.10           In the Beginning: Hesiod’s Theogony (57-96)
4th week                   22.10-26.10          The Great Goddess and the Goddesses: The Divine Woman in   Greek Mythology (97-134)
5th week                  29.10-02.11i           The Olympian Family of Zeus (135-179), The World in Decline: Alienation of the Human and Divine (180-198)
6th week                  05.11-09.11            In Touch with the Gods: Apollo’s Oracle at Delphi (199-226),   Dionysus: Rooted in Earth and Ecstasy (227-246)
7th week                  12.11-16.11             Land of no Return: The Gloomy Kingdom of Hades (247-264)
8th week                  19.11-23.11             Heroes and Heroines of Myth (265-314)
9th week                  26.11-30.11             MIDTERM EXAMINATION
10th week                03.12-07.12             Homer, Odyssey
11th week                10.12-14.12             Homer, Odyssey
12th week                17.12-21.12             The Roman Vision: Greek Myths and Roman Realities (845-860), The Aeneid: Virgil’s Roman Epic (861-938)
13th week                24.12-28.12             The Aeneid
14th week                31.12-04.12             The Aeneid
15th week                07.12-11.12             Concluding Remarks
Important Points:
 You are expected to come to class having read the assigned text.
 It is very important you come to class on time. If you are late more than five minutes, please wait for the next course hour.
 70% attendance is required.
 Grading: Midterm 50%, Final 50%
i Since October 29 is official holiday, the make-up lesson date will be announced for the 1st group within the term.