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REL 341.001

Theories of Myth

T | 3:30-5:50

MA 210

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Is there a difference between a myth and a story or a folk tale? What is the difference between mythos and logos? How did scholars try to explain the origin and function of myths? This Core Writing course will address these questions by looking at several myths from the ancient Greek world alongside theories scholars developed in order to understand those myths. W INB

 

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This course has no required books but PDF readings that will be available through the course's Blackboard site.

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Blackboard Other texts will be available through the Blackboard course site.