CLASS 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Oedipus Complex, Homeric Hymns
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Zeus swallowed his pregnant wife, hephaestus cracked zeus"s head, out came athena, zeus"s power was not to be threatened by a son. Myths about gender can reinforce or consolidate a cultural view of m/f: we will be looking at re-tellings and adaptaions of myths, to see how diferent cultures at diferent imes focus on diferent parts of a myth"s meaning. Explanaions/answers (ie what is the sun and where is it from: explain human behaviors (oedipus complex, help to aid in understanding. Embody cultural values (ie weaving, arachnis: courage, bravery, heroism. Used to control people: gender roles, insill fear. Creates a sense of community: shared values and importance, inluence poliics. Memories of past/commemoraions (passed on to new generaions, because they had no wriing)
