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August 31st Agenda

Objective: To identify archetypes in modern society and to develop on the importance of archetypal ideas in literature.

-Complete flood myths in class (essays are homework if you didn't get to them)

-Review explanations for parallelism in mythology

-Identify archetypes in the flood myths; expand on explanations

-Learn about Joseph Campbell's "Hero's Journey" archetypal theory; apply to modern day movies and books

-Begin reading the early life of Theseus from the Heroes Novels