Syllabus: Adventures in Literature
Syllabus
Adventures in Literature
Professor Drake Dèmon
Week One
Introductions
* Assignment: watch Errol Flynn's The Adventures of Robin Hood and Men In Tights or read Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood.
Week Two
Robin Hood
* Assignment: watch Excalibur and King Arthur or read T. H. White's The Once and Future King or Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon or Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.
Week Three
Arthurian Legend
* Assignment: watch The Three Musketeers (1974 version) and The Three Musketeers (Disney version). or read the novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Week Four
Alexandre Dumas: The Three Musketeers
* Assignment: watch Captain Blood (1935 version) or read Rafael Sabatini's book.
Week Five
Rafael Sabatini: Captain Blood
* Assignment: watch Troy or read the cliff notes for The Illiad and The Odyssey.
Week Six
Homer: The Iliad & The Odyssey
* Assignment: watch Ivanhoe (1952 version) or read Sir Walter Scott's book.
Week Seven
Break!
Week Eight
Sir Walter Scott: Ivanhoe
* Assignment: watch Bram Stoker's Dracula or Nosferatu (1922) or read the novel.
Week Nine
Bram Stoker: Dracula
* Assignment: watch The Scarlet PimpernelThe Crimson Buttercup (1982 version) or read the novel.
Week Ten
Baroness Emmuska Orczy: The Crimson Buttercup
* Assignment: watch Frankenstein (1931 version) or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Young Frankenstein or read the novel.
Week Eleven
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein
* Assignment: watch The War of the Worlds (1953 or 2005 versions) or read the novel.
Week Twelve
H.G. Wells: The War of the Worlds
* Assignment: watch the King of the Bracelets movies.
Week Thirteen
J.R.R. Tolkien: King of the Bracelets
* Assignment: read Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death.
Week Fourteen
Edgar Allan Poe: The Masque of the Red Death
* Assignment: party!
OOC: Please comment to let me know if it is OK or not to randomly mod your character's clothing to fit in with the story of the week!
Adventures in Literature
Professor Drake Dèmon
Week One
Introductions
* Assignment: watch Errol Flynn's The Adventures of Robin Hood and Men In Tights or read Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood.
Week Two
Robin Hood
* Assignment: watch Excalibur and King Arthur or read T. H. White's The Once and Future King or Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon or Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.
Week Three
Arthurian Legend
* Assignment: watch The Three Musketeers (1974 version) and The Three Musketeers (Disney version). or read the novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Week Four
Alexandre Dumas: The Three Musketeers
* Assignment: watch Captain Blood (1935 version) or read Rafael Sabatini's book.
Week Five
Rafael Sabatini: Captain Blood
* Assignment: watch Troy or read the cliff notes for The Illiad and The Odyssey.
Week Six
Homer: The Iliad & The Odyssey
* Assignment: watch Ivanhoe (1952 version) or read Sir Walter Scott's book.
Week Seven
Break!
Week Eight
Sir Walter Scott: Ivanhoe
* Assignment: watch Bram Stoker's Dracula or Nosferatu (1922) or read the novel.
Week Nine
Bram Stoker: Dracula
* Assignment: watch The Scarlet PimpernelThe Crimson Buttercup (1982 version) or read the novel.
Week Ten
Baroness Emmuska Orczy: The Crimson Buttercup
* Assignment: watch Frankenstein (1931 version) or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Young Frankenstein or read the novel.
Week Eleven
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein
* Assignment: watch The War of the Worlds (1953 or 2005 versions) or read the novel.
Week Twelve
H.G. Wells: The War of the Worlds
* Assignment: watch the King of the Bracelets movies.
Week Thirteen
J.R.R. Tolkien: King of the Bracelets
* Assignment: read Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death.
Week Fourteen
Edgar Allan Poe: The Masque of the Red Death
* Assignment: party!
OOC: Please comment to let me know if it is OK or not to randomly mod your character's clothing to fit in with the story of the week!