Storytelling and Literature(38041-01)

Fall 2017

Chankil Park(ckpark@ewha.ac.kr, 316 Humanities Bd., Office Hour: by appointment, Tel: 02-3277-2160)

Class: 307 Hakwan,  Tue 12:30-13:45/ Fri 14:00-15:15               

Course Description: This course explores the various forms of storytelling written or performed in English Literature.  Analyzing the various ways in which the art of storytelling has been adopted in the tradition of English Literature, we will focus on a couple of episodes from the Bible and the classical mythology which English writers have kept retelling or remaking time and again in the long history of English Literature. Some film adaptations of the stories in question will also be discussed along with the literary texts based on the same materials.

Text: A coursepack will be made available at the Copy Centre at the beginning of the semester. Other materials will be provided at my website www.armytage.net). Unless otherwise specified, supplemental reading materials and/ or handouts will be posted online prior to class.  Visit our Cybercampus regularly for announcements and/ or course materials.

Evaluation: Attendance and Class Participation 10%, Papers 10%, Quizzes 10%, Mid-term Exam 35% Final Exam 35%

Tentative Schedule

September

1          Introduction: Storytelling and Literature: General Introduction

5         Christian Theology and Storytelling: an introduction

8          Stories from the Bible: Genesis 1-3 and The Book of Revelation 20-22

12        from Milton's Paradise Lost (in Modern English Version)

15         continued

19        Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress

22        continued

26        from Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell

29        continued

October

3-9       National Holidays (Makeup Class 1)

10        Discussion: A Program Review

13        Review and Q & A Session 1: The Book of Revelation 20-22(in Korean)

17        Review and Q & A Session 2: Pilgrim's Progress(in Korean) (in Korean)

20        Review and Q & A Session 3: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (in Korean)

24        Midterm Exam

27        Midterm Exam Period for General Subjects(Makeup Class 2)

31        Greek and Roman Myth and Storytelling: an introduction( Paper1: an analysis of the film “What Dreams May Come”)

November

3         Ovid’s story of Orpheus from Metamorphoses

7         continued

10        Hilda Doolittle, 'Eurydice'

14        Margaret Atwood, 'Orpheus(1)', 'Euridice', 'Orpheus(2)'

17        continued

21        Film: Orfeu Negro

24        Pygmalion: Ovid’s story from Metamorphoses

28        Bernard Shaw, from Pygmalion

December

1          continued

5          Film Viewing: “My Fair Lady”

8          Angela Carter, from 'The Loves of Lady Purple'

12        continued

15        Review and Q & A Session 4

19        Final Exam(Paper II: An Analysis of film “My Fair Lady” or “Ex Machina”)

Makeup Class 1: 10/20, Film Viewing I: What Dreams May Come(1998): Education Building B 153, 17:00-19:00

Makeup Class 2: 12/15, Filim Viewing II: Ex Machina(2015): Hakwan 313, 17:00-19:00