Description: Seminar, one hour. Examination of popular Greek myth, Orpheus and Eurydice, through five multimedia adaptations from late 20th and 21st centuries: Black Orpheus by Marcel Camus, Goat Song by Poul Anderson, The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, and Hadestown by Anais Mitchell. Students question why each work used the Orpheus myth and to what end, with special focus on gender, class and capitalism, race and culture, myth creation and recreation, and the reception of myth in science fiction. Discussion of each work and its position in the legacy of classical reception. Culminates in a short adaption of the Orpheus myth for contemporary relevance. P/NP grading. Facilitated by Pon Varshini Ravi, with Chris J. Johanson as faculty mentor.

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