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Final Essay Topics :: CSTS215: Tales of Troy

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Final Project Topics & Presentation Date

12/5

Dune: House Atreides by Brian Herbert: Isabel C.

Lord of the Rings by J. R. Tolkein: Shea G.

The Egyptian by Mika Waltari: N. Williams

Sarah P.: Homeric parody

Victora V.: A play rehabilitating Helen

 

12/7

Oh Brother Where Art Thou? by Coen Brothers: Jacob B.

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier: Mara M.

La Guerre de Troie N’aura Pas Lieu by Jean Giraudoux: Theonie A.

War Music by Christopher Logue: Holly S.

Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O’Neill: Reed H., Ashley K.

Omeros by Derek Walcott: Jennifer R., John V.

 

12/12

The Burodyssey of H.O.M.E.R. by Hebron E. Adams: Mark A., Alex D.

Dateline: Troy by Paul Fleishman: Robbie C.

Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character by Jonathan Shay: Micah S. & Odysseus in America by Jonathan Shay: Marc R.

The Great Legend by Rex Stout: Katherine M.

 

12/14

Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood: Laura J., Amelia J., Michelle G.

The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley: Jenna W.

Homer's Daughter by Robert Graves: Skyler B., Aileen K.

Achilles by Elizabeth Cook: Amy K., Mark B., Ian V, Matt Z.,

The Song of Troy: A Story That Will Outlast History by Colleen McCullough: Nancy A., Stephen S.

 

 

 

Creative Projects: Date TBA


Colleen G.: Reconsidering Helen, Andromache, and Creusa
Ben R.-S.: Model re-constructing the burning of the Greek ships by the Trojans