English Literature Plus(38041-01)
Fall 2023
Chankil Park(ckpark@ewha.ac.kr, 316 Humanities Bd., Office Hour: Tue 14:00-15:00 by appointment, Tel: 02-3277-2160)
Class: 502 Hakkwan, Tue 12:30-13:45/ Fri 14:00-15:15.
Course Description: This course explores the various forms of mythological 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 mainly focus on the three episodes from mythological tales and legends: Orpheus, Venus and Adonis, and Pygmalion. 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 beginning of the semester. Other materials will be provided at my website(www.armytage.net). Unless specified otherwise, supplementary reading materials and/or handouts will be posted online prior to the class. Visit our cybercampus regularly for additional announcements.
Language: This course will be taught in Korean.
Evaluation: Attendance and Class Participation 10%, Three In-Class Writings 15%, Three Exams 75%.
Attendance and Tardiness: Failing to attend the class 10 times or more will automatically result in F. Being late more than 10 minutes will count as a late attendance and two late attendances will count as one absence.
Tentative Schedule
September
1 General Introduction.
5 Classical Mythology in English Literature.
8 Orpheus: an introduction-how the story of Orpheus was accepted in the history of English Literature.
12 Orpheus in Classical Literature: Ovid, from The Metamorphoses, c. AD 10(81), Book I
15 Ovid, from The Metamorphoses, c. AD 10(81), Book II, In-Class Writing I.
19 John Milton, from "Lycidas", 1637 and Paradise Lost, 1667.
22 Percy Bysshe Shelley, 'Orpheus', c. 1820.
26 Continued
October
6 Continued and Review
10 Exam I
13 Venus and Adonis, an introduction-how the story of Venus and Adonis was accepted in the history of English Literature.
17 Continued
18-20 No Class: Midterm Exam Period
24 Venus and Adonis in Classical Literature: Ovid, from The Metamorphoses, c. AD 10. Trans. A. D. Melville, 1986,
27 Continued, In-Class Writing II.
31 William Shakespeare, from Venus and Adonis, 1593.
November
3 Continued.
7 Continued.
10 Continued.
14 Continued.
17 Q & A
21 Exam II
24 Pygmalion, an introduction-how the story of Pygmalion was accepted in the history of English Literature.
28 Pygmalion in Classical Literature: Ovid, from The Metamorphoses, c. AD 10,
December
1 Bernard Shaw, from Pygmalion, 1912: In-Class Writing III.
5 Continued.
8 Continued.
12 Robert Graves, 'Pygmalion to Galatea', and 'Galatea and Pygmalion', 1938.
15 Angela Carter, from 'The Loves of Lady Purple', 1974.
15-1 Continued.
19 Exam III
*Reading Schedule is only tentative and some changes can take place also in the list of literary texts, which will be announced at the first class.
