Freshman Seminars & Cross-Listed Courses 2012-2013
Harvard University Course Catalog (main page)
2012-2013 FAS Courses of Instruction
Folklore & Mythology section in 2012-2013 catalog
These courses can be counted for concentration credit.
FRESHMAN SEMINARS
*Freshman Seminar 32v. The Art of Storytelling
Catalog Number: 7011 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Deborah D. Foster
Half course (spring term). Tu, 2-4. Location: Warren House 102.
People everywhere tell stories to express both the verities and contradictions found in experiences of everyday life. Based on storytelling traditions, a narrator shapes the story to reflect his or her own intentions, making it personally expressive as well as publicly meaningful to a particular audience. This seminar examines the nature of storytelling, its enduring appeal, and its ability to adapt to multiple technologies (print, film, internet). Participants engage in the storytelling process itself.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.
*Freshman Seminar 49p. What If? Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and the Literary Culture of Childhood
Catalog Number: 4622 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Maria Tatar
Half course (spring term). Th, 2-4. Location: Sever 204.
Graham Greene once observed that nothing we read as adults can equal the "excitement and revelation" of the "first fourteen years". This seminar will explore the aesthetics and ethics of narratives written for children, with a focus on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. We will branch out into other possible worlds constructed by authors of children’s books.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.
CROSS-LISTED COURSES
[Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 17 (formerly Literature and Arts B-78). Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World]
[Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 33 (formerly Classical Studies 154). Ancient Fictions: The Ancient Novel in Context]
[Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 39 (formerly Chinese Literature 150). Old Tales for New Times: The Appropriation of Folklore in Modern and Contemporary China]
[African and African American Studies 142. Hiphop and Don’t Stop: Education and Know-the-Ledge]
[African and African American Studies 162. Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity: Seminar]
[African and African American Studies 182. From R & B to Neo Soul: Black Popular Music and Cultural Transformation]
African and African American Studies 187. African Religions
[Akkadian 141r (formerly Ancient Near East 141r). Akkadian Myths and Epics]
Ancient Near East 102. Introduction to Mesopotamian Religion
[Anthropology 1158. Maya Narratives: Gods, Lords, and Courts]
Anthropology 1640. Language and Culture
[Anthropology 1995 (formerly Social Analysis 70). Food, Culture, and Society]
[Anthropology 1996. Angels, Ghosts, and Hustlers: Bangkok Live ]
[Anthropology 2062. Religions of Latin America]
[Armenian 120. Armenian Magical Texts]
[Armenian Studies 100. Armenian Epic]
[Celtic 101. The Hero of Irish Myth and Saga]
[Celtic 103. Celts: People or Myth?]
Celtic 106. The Folklore of Gaelic Scotland
[Celtic 109. The Finn Cycle]
Celtic 114. Early Irish Historical Tales
[Celtic 137. Celtic Mythology]
[Celtic 138. Mabinogion: Narrative Traditions of Medieval Wales]
[Celtic 184. The Táin]
Celtic 194. Celtic Bards and Their Poems
Classical Philology 218. Dionysos: Texts and Images - (New Course)
[Culture and Belief 11. Medicine and the Body in East Asia and in Europe]
[Culture and Belief 16 (formerly Folklore and Mythology 100). Performance, Tradition and Cultural Studies: An Introduction to Folklore and Mythology]
Culture and Belief 22. Concepts of the Hero in Classical Greek Civilization
[Culture and Belief 26 (formerly Foreign Cultures 81). The Culture of Everyday Life in China]
[Culture and Belief 28. Hindu Worlds of Art and Culture]
[Culture and Belief 32. Back Roads to Far Places: Literature of Journey and Quest]
Culture and Belief 35. Classical Mythology
Culture and Belief 40 (formerly Foreign Cultures 67). Popular Culture and Modern China
English 111. Epic - (New Course)
*Freshman Seminar 32v. The Art of Storytelling
German 235. Storytelling Cultures: The Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen
Japanese History 117. Japanese Folk Religion: Conference Course - (New Course)
[Japanese History 126. Shinto: Conference Course]
[*Literature 121. 1001 Nights: Adaptations, Transformations and Translations]
[Literature 125. The Desire for Narrative: Across Cultures, Forms and Media]
[Literature 152. Epic and Opera]
[Literature 162 (formerly *Comparative Literature 207). Theory and Methods in Comparative Oral Traditions: Seminar]
[Literature 166 (formerly Comparative Literature 166). The Comic Tradition in Jewish Culture]
Modern Greek 145 (formerly Comparative Literature 145). Dreams and Literature
Religion 1010. The Deep: Purity, Danger, and Metamorphosis
[Religion 1042. Religious Tourism]
Religion 1095. Ritualization, Play, and Transitional Phenomena - (New Course)
*Religion 1305. Emerging Topics in Greek Religion
[Scandinavian 150. The Vikings and the Nordic Heroic Tradition]
[Scandinavian 160a. Old Norse Language, Literature, and Culture: The Viking Legacy]
[Scandinavian 160br. Old Norse Language, Literature, and Culture: Mythology]
Societies of the World 30. Moctezuma’s Mexico: Then and Now (2012)!
South Asian Studies 124 (formerly Indian Studies 124). Introduction to World Mythology
Spanish 70a. Heroes, Rogues, and Significant Others: Voices from Medieval and Early Modern Spain
[Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1154. I Like Ike, But I Love Lucy: Women, Popular Culture, and the 1950s]
[Sumerian 141. Sumerian Myths and Epics]
[Welsh 227. Seminar: Welsh Bardic Poetry]
