ASS233 - Myth and Ritual
Unit details
| Year: | 2019 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2*: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Trimester 2 Unit Chair: | Rohan Bastin |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1-hour class per week, 1 x 1-hour seminar per week. |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online): | 1-hour class per week (recordings provided),1-hour online seminar per week |
Note:*Offered in Trimester 1 only in 2020 | |
Content
An introduction to the anthropology of religion. The unit examines the comparative study of cosmology, myth and ritual systems and their importance in the history of anthropological thought. The unit focuses predominantly on forms, recurrent themes and cross-cultural comparisons of myth. Through the analysis of creation myths, eternal return, and the concept of mythical archetypes such as trickster and hero, the unit critically evaluates different theoretical approaches centring on concepts of mythical thought and the human unconscious. Attention then shifts to the nature of ritual and to the relationship (or not) between ritual and myth. Themes explored include sacrifice, ritual time (and eternal return), life crisis, festival and performance, trance and ritual virtuality. Through the study of these phenomena the unit concludes with some initial propositions concerning anthropology and religious experience.
Assessment
Campus:
Assessment 1 (Individual) - Class and 0nline exercises - 20%
Assessment 2 (Individual) - Online quizzes - 20%
Assessment 3 (Individual) - Essay - 35%
Assessment 4 (Individual) - Journal - 25%
Cloud (online):
Assessment 1 (Individual) - Online exercises - 20%
Assessment 2 (Individual) - Online quizzes - 20%
Assessment 3 (Individual) - Essay - 35%
Assessment 4 (Individual) - Journal - 25%
Unit Fee Information
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