Below, please note the syllabus updates/corrections. Feel free to comment or email me with any questions concerning expectations this semester.
10 WEEK CALENDAR
¤ Week 1: Adaptation
¤ Week 2: Group work—Ghost hunt and class
presentation
¤ Week 3: Entering Dante’s Inferno (using Dante’s Inferno: A Wanderer in Hell as translation)
¤ Week 4: Ghost hunt group presentations
and “Pick Your Poison” creative writing
¤ Week 5: Adapting life to story and
story to life—The Fall Midterm exam
and essay
¤ Week 6: Myth and symbolism through the
ages
¤ Week 7: Art and Architecture
¤ Week 8: Field trip assignment—MFAH
Sculpture Garden
¤ Week 9: What is Metalanguage?
¤ Week 10: Final Project and Potluck
Major
essays/projects:
¤ Powerpoint Presentation: 10%
¤ Creative Writing Projects: 10%
¤ Research Essay on Adaptation in
_________ (student selection): 10%
Classwork
and homework instructions will be explained in-class or on the course
blog. MLA-style formatting and citations
are expected.
¤ Midterm: 10%
¤ Final Project: 10%
Instructional Materials
TEXT
Adventures in the Human Spirit. 7th Edition. Ed, Bishop. New York: Pearson & Manos. 2014.
ISBN:
978-0-205-88147-5
Additional
texts will be free of charge and will be handed out in class or provided by
e-link.
Note on Tech: No
electronics allowed without permission of your instructor.
