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Import FS
REL-3001: Theory of myths and symbols Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Contents
This course offers a deeper insight into myth and symbol theory in religious knowledge. The focus will be on the communicative aspects of religion, including the formulation of ideas and power-related aspects. | Form of teaching
Lectures/seminars. | Examination semester
Autumn | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at master''s level. | Contact person/lecturer
Hans Petter Clemetsen | Recommended reading/syllabus
See homepage. | Language of instruction
Norwegian.
However, it is possible to apply the department in good time before semester-start for lecturing and/or individual tutoring in English.
| Homepage
http://uit.no/religion/1990/15
| Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?department=ALLE&module=REL-3001-1 |
Teaching autumn 2005
Orienteringsmøte mandag 22. august kl 11:15. Rom B-1004
Responsible teacher:f.aman. Peter G. Jackson | | forelesninger | Undervisning onsdager uke 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44
Første gang: onsdag 7.september
Teach.Period:07.09.2005 to02.11.2005
Onsdag 10:15 to12:00
C 1005 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
Duration:1 semester | | Eksamen | Eksamen: 1 ukes hjemmeeksamen. Utlevering uke 45, mandag 7. november kl 9:30. Sensur mandag 19. desember.
Duration:1 semester |
Utfyllende informasjon
Torjer Olsen foreleser i uke 35, 36, 37 og 38
Peter Jackson foreleser i uke 39, 41, 43 og 45
Syllabus
Litteratur merket med * fås kjøpt som kompendium
* Barthes, R., "Myten i dag", i Mytologier (Oslo: Gyldendal, 1991) s. 163-212 (50 sider).
* Bynum, C.W., "Introduction: The complexity of symbols", i C.W. Bynum, S. Harrel and P. Richman, Gender and Religion: On the complexity of symbols (Boston: Beacon Press, 1986) s. 1-20 (21 sider).
* Bynum, C.W., ”...And woman his humanity: female imagery in the religious writing of the later Middle ages, i C.W. Bynum, S. Harrel and P. Richman, Gender and Religion: On the complexity of symbols (Boston: Beacon Press, 1986) s. 151-179 (29 sider).
*Douglas, M., "The abominations of Leviticus", i W.A. Lessa og E.Z. Vogt (eds.), Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach (New York: Harper and Row, 1979) s.149–152 (4 sider).
* Geertz, C., "Religion as a cultural system", i C. Geertz, The interpretation of cultures. Selected essays (Harper torchbooks, 5043; New York: Basic Books, 1973) s. 87-125 (39 sider).
* Illman, R. og Leppäkari, M., ”Att analysera symboler”, i L. Marander Nielsen m.fl. (red.), Metodkompassen - kulturvetarens metodbok (Åbo akademi, 2004), s. 273-294) (20 s).
* Lévi-Strauss, C. ”The Structural Study of Myth” i Structural Anthropology vol.1 (Penguin, London: 1963), s.206-231.
Lincoln, B., Theorizing myth. Narrative ideology and scholarship (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999) (200 sider)
* MacQueen, G., “Whose Sacred History? Reflections on Myth and Dominance,” i Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 17 (1988) s. 143-157 (15 sider).
* McCutcheon, R.T., "Myth", i W. Braun og R.T. McCutcheon (eds.), Guide to the study of religion (London and New York: Cassell, 2000) s. 190-209 (20 sider).
* Ortner, S.B., "On Key Symbols", i W.A. Lessa og E.Z. Vogt (eds.), Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach (New York: Harper and Row, 1979) s. 92-98 (7 sider).
Schrempp, G och Hansen (red.), W, Myth: A New symposium, Indiana University Press, 2002 (ca 150-200 s)
Sperber, Dan, Rethinking symbolism, s.17-50, (Cambridge University Press, 1974).
* Turner, V., "Betwixt and between: The liminal period in rites de passage", i V. Turner, The Forest of symbols (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1982) s.93-111 (19 sider).
* Turner, V., "Symbols in Ndembu ritual", i V. Turner, The Forest of Symbols (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1982) s. 19-47 (28 sider).
Whitehead, A. N., Symbolism: its meaning and effect, 88 s.
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