Today we're covering the bases of Western Literature and Civilization. No problem.

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We'll be officially in the D computer lab the rest of this week. Should you need passes to the library (etc) you are welcome to them.

1. Visit this list, claim your stories (see instructions on that page), get researching. Be careful though --- don't assume you know more than you know (cf this).

2. On Monday May 16 you will give a presentation on both stories. Your presentation will include a brief retelling of both stories and at least one example of one of your stories being used in modern literature (1550 or later). (You might find it more useful to begin with a modern tale and deconstruct it to its classical or biblical ancestors. Here's a link that gives you a sense of what's out there.)

3. Part of the reason Greek myth and the Old Testament have been so formative for Western culture is because they're dang good stories. If you not having fun with this assignment, you're doing it wrong.

4. I'm sitting right over there. Feel free to ask me questions.