LING 1536
First Year Seminar:Storming Off and Slaying Serpents: Linguistic Approaches to Comparative Mythology
This course is an introduction to comparative mythology through the lens of linguistic theory. As all of our most ancient mythological narratives are poetic-and given that the production of poetic texts is a fundamentally linguistic enterprise-students will acquire the linguistic skills necessary to fully engage with and analyze the language of ancient mythological texts.
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Not sure what's with the dislikes on the last two. Had him for the same class. Chill guy, not too much work
1/30/2024
I had Ian for a first year seminar, linguistic approaches to comparative mythology, and he was an excellent professor. Super knowledgeable, funny, and passionate. Homework was consistent but not too much and always relevant. I feel like I learned a lot.
1/15/2024
Great person with a dry sense of humor. Homework/grading is pretty easy which lets you just enjoy the class. Lectures are interesting; he's clearly a very knowledgeable linguist and you're always learning new things to think about. Fantastic guy
12/7/2023