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Heroes & Monsters
Syllabus - Fall 2007
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This syllabus is subject to change, in terms of both content and schedule. Detailed notes, resources, and assignments will be posted for each unit.
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Unit I - Introduction - College Essay
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- What is a hero?
- Contemporary heroes and personal heroes
- Writing the college essay – common application topics
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Unit II - The Heroic Tradition
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In this unit, we will look at the Hero's Journey as examined by Joseph Campbell and apply it to our study of ancient mythology and contemporary film.
- The Hero’s Journey – introduction to heroic archetypes
- Star Wars (film)
- Greek mythology
- Troy (film)
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Unit III - Medieval heroes, Monsters & Quests
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- Beowulf
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Readings on the Arthurian legend
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (film)
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Unit IV - Monsters Galore
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- Why do we need monsters?
- Dragons, werewolves. vampires and the supernatural - shorts stories
- Interview With the Vampire (film)
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Unit V - Evil - Nature vs. Nurture
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- The Bad Seed
- The Good Son (film)
- Frankenstein
- Young Frankenstein (film)
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| Unit Vi - Evil - Super Heroes and Super Monsters |
- Literature Circles - novels TBD
- Superhero movie TBD
- Zodiac (film)
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