ASSIGNMENT 1

Back to Syllabus.

** The assignment is due in class next Monday, 17 September. **

Write ONE PAGE on the following topic.

Choose either the succession of Ouranos to Kronos to Zeus, or the story of Pandora.

Pick ONE theory from the list below that you think really helps in the study of this myth.

Discuss how the theory applies to the myth and how it helps us explain and understand the myth.

The external theories (H&P p. 42-45)

• Nature myth
• Etiology
• Ritual
• Social charter

The internal theories (H&P p. 45-54)

• Freudian
• Archetypal
• Structuralist
• Feminist