Course Details

Course offered Winter 2020

HONORS 211 B: Putting on the Rex: Cinematic Representations of Ancient Greek Myth (A&H)

HONORS 211 B: Putting on the Rex: Cinematic Representations of Ancient Greek Myth (A&H)

SLN 15376 (View UW registration info »)

James Clauss (Classics)
Email: jjc@uw.edu

Credits: 5
Limit: 35 students

Honors Credit Type

Students will study films representing ancient myths, observing how directors and screenwriters have reinterpreted the narratives for purposes of both entertainment and the exploration of philosophical, political or artistic positions. The final project will ask students to describe in a paper what myth they would create as a film, identifying its intended audience and its goals. Films can be substituted for the paper.