Syllabus for week of September 16
Monday
- Distributing the "Return" selection from Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. This will be your last selection from this book for the time being. Today we will begin watching the film Star Wars, during which students should take notes.
- Read the handout last Campbell handout, located here. A near final working-draft will be due two weeks from today, so you should also keep working on that.
Tuesday
- Today we will pick up the film just after the appearance of Obi Wan Kenobi (Old Ben).
- HW: Select a film of your own choosing and begin analyzing it for hero journey stages...select film and submit your choice tomorrow, assignment due Friday.
Wednesday
- Continuing with Star Wars and college essay conferences.
- HW: Watch the film that you have chosen to write on for the hero journey stages.
Thursday
- Today we will finish watching Star Wars, and will also work on completing the note sheet in-class.
HW: Now that you have watched an independently chosen film, use the following web page to build a hero journey study guide, providing examples from the film that fit (as best able) this version of the journey: click here . A printed copy of your film's hero journey notes is due Monday.
Friday
- No school on account of early dismissal day.
HW: Next week we will, in fact, start reading The Ramayana. The background reading packet on Hinduism should be printed and with you in class on Monday. It's here. You should have read Star Wars: A Myth for our Time for class as well.