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possible essay topics:
*what do I know about muth that I didn't know before, and what difference does it make?
*choose
paragraph from Calasso and recast in own words. Show how it has changed your thinking.
*any aspect of myth you could
see yourself studying in grad school.
**reference M&K and/or Calasso
**reference class discussions and/or group
presentations
pygmalion(check sp)-wouldn't listen to women, thought all were "ho's", so he sculpted the ideal woman
and fell in love with her, lived happily ever after-- My Fair Lady--Pretty Woman
group presentaitons: Tricksters
raven,
loki(norse), maui, spider, coyote, pa pandir(daddy moron), prometheus, ajapa
pg. 306 M&K list of trickster adjectives
moron/blonde
jokes
carnal-flesh
M&K: 265 coyote sotry; 272 Rose Hips; 250 iconoclastic-destruction of images, trickster
always wants to destroy the sacred cow, profane is the domain of the trickster
Calasso: 242-3, 280-81, 324, 336-7, 359,
383, last pages of book
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