TO GREECE IN SEARCH OF GODDESSES AND HEROINES

TO GREECE IN SEARCH OF GODDESSES AND HEROINES

North Island College, Spring 2008

Courses: ANT 293 (Third Rock Archaeology); ENG 215 (Advanced Composition) ; HIS 205 (Travels In Time)

Meeting Times: Tuesday, Thursday: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm in May; only Thursdays in July

Meeting Place: DIS 205, Comox Valley Campus

Instructors: Jim Anderson, Anne Cumming, Dan Hinman-Smith

Office Phone: Jim (334-5034 ); Anne (334-5000, Extension 4153 ); Dan (334-5000, Extension 4024; H: 703-0673)

Web- Site for Course: http://www.misterdann.com/contentstravelsintime.htm

E-Mails: James.Anderson@nic.bc.ca; Anne.Cumming@nic.bc.ca ; Dan.Hinmansmith@nic.bc.ca

Tentative Class Schedule

Thursday, May 1: Introduction

a) Preamble

Stickie Notes and Greek Heroines; or Identifying Your Inner Goddess
Welcome and Introductions
Distribution of seminar outline
Assessment

b) Jim: 640-8:00 pm -- The Archaeology of Greece

Archaeology as a field of study: artifacts and space
Time and Place of ancient Greece
History of Archaeology in Greece

c) Documentaries: 8:00-9:00 pm

"Aegean: Legend of Atlantis" (Time-Life Lost Civilizations, 50 mins.)
"Sacred Way" (Travels, 1992, 55 mins.)

Tuesday, May 6

a) Put On Them Travelin' Shoes -- The Logistics of Our Trip: 6:00-6:50 pm

Packing a Suitcase
Introducing Colleen
Distribution and Explanation of Forms to be filled out
Other Logistics: Emergency Plans, telephone Contacts, service fees, discussion of Delos Options

b) Anne: 6:50-7:10 pm -- Introduction to Travel Writing

c) Dan: 7:10-7:30 pm

Introduction to Goddesses and Heroines Bubble Gum Card assignment

d) Jim 7:40-9:00 pm -- Space, the final frontier of Greek archaeology

religious sanctuaries and temples
treasuries
military architecture
public buildings: agora, theatre, stadia, odeon
private homes
industrial: eg.: the harbour at Piraeus

Preparing For The Class:

Do the following:

Write your Student Introduction: Who are you? Where are you from? What are your interests? Why are you taking this course? What are your thoughts on entering the course as you enter this course? Do you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions?

Thursday, May 8

a) Anne: 6:00-7:00 pm

b) Dan: 7:00-7:20 pm

Discussion: "The Corinth That Saint Paul Saw" and Saint Paul's Corinth/ Pausanias' Corinth

c) Dan: 7:30-8:50 pm

Lecture: The Head-Born Goddess -- Athena

Required Reading:

Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, "The Corinth That Saint Paul Saw," Biblical Archaeologist, 47 (September 1984): 147-159.

Optional Reading:

Pausanias, "Book II: Corinth," Description of Greece: The famous Greco-Roman traveler's description of Corinth. This primary text was written in about 160 AD.

Browse extensively in Discussion Topic: Stones Of Corinth.

Tuesday , May 13

a) Dan: 6:00-7:20 pm

Lecture: The Foam-Born Goddess -- Aphrodite
Discussion: The Acropolis and The Goddess
Discussion: A Focus On The Pythia

b) Jim: 7:30-8:50 pm -- Greek buildings -- architecture

Form: materials; structure; bondings;facia;mouldings
Style: Doric, Ionic

Reading:

i) Browse extensively in Discussion Topic: A Focus On The Pythia

ii) Browse extensively in Discussion Topic: The Acropolis And The Goddess

Thursday, May 15

a) Dan: 6:00-7:20 pm

Lecture: "Far-Shooting" Artemis
Discussion: In Search Of Hera

b) Anne: 7:30-8:50 pm

Lecture: The Art Of Pilgrimage

Reading:

Browse extensively in Discussion Topic: The Peloponnese -- In Search Of Hera

Tuesday, May 20

a) Anne: 6:00-7:10 pm

b) 7:10-7:30 pm -- Mini-Presentations

Goddess and Heroine Bubble Gum Cards

b) Jim: 7:40-9:00 pm -- Greek 'stuff': Ancient Grecian Art

Sculpture
Ceramics

Thursday, May 22: Waiting For The Winds At Aulis

a) 6:00-6:30 pm -- Final Preparations For The Trip

b) 6:30-7:15 pm

Discussion: Helen Of Troy book

c) 7:15-9:00 pm

Video: "Helen Of Troy"

Reading:

Bettany Hughes, Helen Of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore.

TO GREECE IN SEARCH OF GODDESSES AND HEROINES: May 25-June 23

Thursday, July 3

a) Welcome Home (or, The Return To Ithaca): 6:00-7:20 pm

Sharing of photographs
Instructors-led seminar on analyzing the trip
Portfolio/ Magnum Opus Essay Discussion

b) Dan: 7:30-8:50 pm

Lecture: Of Nymphs, Muses, Mnemosyne and Other Mysteries -- Greek Mythology and Deep Memory
Discussion: Of The Baby Zeus, The Buried Zeus, Snake Figurines and Caves -- Eastern Crete and The Goddess

Reading:

Browse extensively in Discussion Topic: Of The Baby Zeus, The Buried Zeus, Snake Figurines and Caves -- Eastern Crete and The Goddess

Thursday, July 10

a) 6:00-7:00 pm

Discussion: Tim Ward, Savage Breast: One Man's Search For The Goddess

b) Anne: 7:10-8:30 pm

Magnum Opus Essay Workshop

Reading:

Tim Ward, Savage Breast: One Man's Search For The Goddess.

Thursday, July 17

a) Magnum Opus Essay Presentations and Critiques

***Portfolio Due

Party: Date TBA

TEXTS

Bettany Hughes, Helen Of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005).

Tim Ward, Savage Breast: One Man's Search For The Goddess (New York: Orca, 2006).

Alain de Botton, Art Of Travel (London: Penguin, 2003).

TENTATIVE ASSIGNMENTS AND EVALUATION

The Portfolio:

The portfolio will be the one major writing responsibility in this course. It should be set up like a book with a table of contents and an introduction.

There should be three discipline-specific chapters, one apiece devoted to Anthropology, English and History. Each of these chapters will consist of component mini-assignments designed by your instructors.

The fourth chapter will be your Magnum Opus travel writing project, an essay that will combine description and analysis of the Greek trip with the archaeological, historical and mythological topics we have studied in the course.

There should be an introduction and may also be an appendix that includes photographs and scrapbook material from your trip.

Grading:

Each of the discipline-specific chapters will be graded by the appropriate instructor. All three instructors, however, will grade the Magnum Opus essay and the portfolio in its entirety. The grade breakdown for the three courses is tentatively set up as follows:

Anthropology 293

Anthropology Mini-Projects 40%

[Essay One pre-trip: 15%; Greek Temple pre-trip: 10%;Essay Two post-trip: 15%]

Portfolio 40%

[Magnum Opus essay 75%; Portfolio Structure and Integration, preface, introduction, appendixes, other disciplines 25%]

Class Participation 20%

English 215

English Mini-Projects 50%

Portfolio 40%

[Magnum Opus essay: 75%; Portfolio Structure and Integration, preface, introduction, appendixes, other disciplines: 25%]

Class Participation 10%

History 205

History Mini-Projects 50%

[Goddess and Heroine Bubblegum Cards: 25%; Helen of Troy or Savage Breast 5-page critical commentaries: 15%; 2 Discussion Topic commentaries: 10%]

Portfolio 40%

[Magnum Opus essay: 75%; Portfolio Structure and Integration, preface, introduction, appendixes, other disciplines 25%]

Class Participation 10%