Week 1: Why do we love fantasy? |
1 | Why do we love fantasy? Why is it one of the most popular and enduring genres across platforms? | |
Week 2: Foundations of Mythos |
2 | Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell | |
3 | Campbell, Jung, and Gaimen | |
Week 3: Arthur and the Ur-Mythos |
4 | Concept of the Central Mythos and the Matter of Kingship | |
5 | Within and Beyond the Mythos (Tolkien, Martin, etc.) | |
Week 4: Using Mythos |
6 | Alternative views of Mythos | |
7 | Exercises | |
Week 5: Fantasyland! |
8 | Warping our world | |
9 | Fantasyland world building, cliché's and cultures | |
Week 6: Fantastyland! cont. |
10 | Fantasyland 201—Not your Medieval World! Urban, Dark, and Gaslight | First draft of first piece due |
Week 7: Magic |
11 | Playing by the Rules | |
12 | The World and Its Magic | |
Week 8: Magic cont. |
13 | Magic changes History | |
14 | Multiplicity | |
Weeks 9–13: Workshops |
15–23 | Workshop | Ses 18: First draft of second piece due |
Week 14: Mostly Workshop |
24 | Workshop | Final drafts of all work due (except for those who have workshop on this date) |
25 | Special Topics/Discussion | |
Week 15: Finis |
26 | More discussion of the professional world; other related areas: horror, romantic fantasy, etc. | |