World Mythologies: The Stories That Shape Humanity
| Dates: | September 14 - October 5, 2020 |
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| Meets: | Mon. from 10:00 AM to 12 N |
| Location: | Online Presentation |
| Cost: | $55.00 |
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Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2020 - 2021 OLLI at MSU Membership or 2021 - 2022 OLLI at MSU Membership or 2021 - 2022 OLLI at MSU Membership
Marvin Lansverk, a professor in the Department of English at Montana State University, is offering this four-week class to experience, explore and analyze the power of mythology. Participants will read stories from a variety of cultures around the world, with a focus on human storytelling. In addition, the course will examine theories of myth, recurrent patterns found in different cultures, various kinds of interpretations, appearances of myth in literature and how mythology relates to ordinary life.
| Fee: | $55.00 |
Online Presentation
This is a real-time (live) online class that meets at the specified day(s)/time(s) listed.We will send you a reminder email with login instructions one business day before the program start date. If there are additional sessions, we will send reminders the morning of those sessions.
Marvin Lansverk
Marvin Lansverk is a professor of Eighteenth-Century British literature at Montana State University. An award-winning teacher (a 2020 Montana University System Regents Teaching Scholar), he specializes in the rise of the English novel and the Christian mystic poet William Blake. He has been teaching at MSU for 33 years (but who's counting), with interests in literary history and theory. He can be seen playing his trumpet on his roof, with MSU's One O'clock Band, Bridger Mountain Big Band and Woodsmoke Jazz. During his sabbatical in 2021-22, he worked on a book project on Jane Austen comprised of some of the material for this course.| Date | Day | Time | Location |
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| 09/14/2020 | Monday | 10 AM to 12 N | Online Presentation |
| 09/21/2020 | Monday | 10 AM to 12 N | Online Presentation |
| 09/28/2020 | Monday | 10 AM to 12 N | Online Presentation |
| 10/05/2020 | Monday | 10 AM to 12 N | Online Presentation |