Caleb's Myth-Folklore Assignments

Beauty and the Basilisk For this first week, I am taking notes on  The Key of Gold by Josef Baudis (1922). This story primarily interested me because I love the different approach to the beast. No long imprisonment and true love necessary. Just feed him for a few days and then cut off his head a couple times and you're good. I mean the whole "bring me your daughter" is still creepy. I'm sure there is definitely some level of Stockholm syndrome at play with the nursing but, overall it seems marginally better.  Basilisk by Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747-1822). Basic Plot     In this story, a mother goes out to a market in a town nearby. She asks her three daughters if they would like anything. Her two superficial daughters ask for a myriad of gifts. Her third daughter ask only for three roses if it is possible and not inconvenient. As she is returning from the market with the large load of items, she gets lost and stumbles upon a castle with a rose garden. She...

Tentative Reading Plan Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4. Week 3: Jewish Fairy Tales Week 4: Homer's Iliad Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6. Week 5: Arabian Nights Week 6: Sindbad Choose from ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units for Weeks 7 and 9. [Week 8 is review week.] Week 7: Philippines Week 9: Congo Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11. Week 10: California/Southwest Week 11: Tejas Choose from BRITISH and/or CELTIC units for Weeks 12 and 13. Week 12: Celtic Tales Week 13: King Arthur Choose from EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15. Week 14: Inferno  Week 15: Lang I Reasoning     I chose a large chunk of these stories and collections because they are classics that I know I should have read by now but I have just never got around to them. By assigning them to myself, I'll finally read them and hopefully have a greater understanding and appreciation for some extremely influential pieces of literatu...

      This semester will likely be the one in which time management is the most necessary. It's only been a week and I already feel a bit overwhelmed.     I am working two jobs on campus. I am taking a video production course in which I have to write shoot and edit a short video every few weeks. I am in a screenwriting course where I have to read and/or write a script almost each week. I am in this course which looks to require hefty amounts of reading and writing each week. I am enrolled in two other online courses. I am one of two artistic directors for the Oklahoma University Improv (OUI) troupe. Finally, I really want to find time to work on my own feature length screenplay throughout the semester. Just typing it made my head spin. Maybe that isn't really all that bad, but I am historically very bad with time management and procrastination. I am terrified to let even a single second of my time slip through the cracks this semester.     My time...

      This blog post will be very short to avoid being redundant of my previous post about the class in general. This is a very different experience for me in terms of both a traditional class and an online class. I'm not very fond of the blogging aspect, but I hope I will learn to like it. I am moderately interested to see what other tools and websites we will use in this class. Clearly, it is a class that takes full advantage of being online. I'm pretty familiar with most web tools and the functions of web browsers and whatnot. I don't think there is anything in particular that I am interested in working on in that field. Maybe something will come later that will spark my interest. How I will see this site in December ( Image by  VIN JD  from  Pixabay )

Blog from Scrabble letters (Image by Wokandapix on Pixabay )        This is certainly not like any other class I have ever taken. I'm not yet sure how I feel about that yet. I am excited to begin reading and engaging with the stories this class follows. If I wasn't, I wouldn't have taken this class. I am intrigued by the idea of rewriting some of these tales and creating new stories from scratch. I enjoy writing stories and I am always grateful for a chance to sharpen those skills. However, I'm not yet sure how I feel about the blogging aspect of the class.     This blogging thing is really foreign to me and feels a bit unnecessary. It feels like having to solve a word scramble in order to write my assignment. I'd much prefer to just receive and turn in my assignments through canvas. I'm not super fond of having to publish my classwork to the rest of the class and having them interact with it. Nor am I super fond of having to interact with my classmates' w...

       Some easy to understand brain activity ( OpenClipart ) I have never directly heard of Carol Dweck or the "growth mindset", but the general idea is one I have heard often in the past. It is an idea that I have struggled to implement myself. I can completely understand that the mindset I was taught growing up was not a good one. I can understand that having a mindset that appreciates challenges and potential growth is much more beneficial and healthy. However, it is much, much harder to put into practice. When you've been conditioned your whole life that failure is bad, facing failure with a positive attitude is nearly impossible. Your emotions take over because you're scared of the consequences or angry at the results, and logical, healthy practices are the last thing on your mind. I fully support Dweck's suggestion that education be reformed to focus more on failure than success. If you are taught young enough that failure is okay, you won't struggle to...

        The Hollywood Sign By Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43944546 Hi, my name is Caleb. I am a third year Creative Media Production major in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.  I am also working towards a minor in General Business in the Price College of Business. I am pursuing a focus in screenwriting in my major while still getting the basics of actual single camera productions.      Even though I am pursuing a focus in screenwriting, one of the coolest parts of being a CMP major at Gaylord is working on the set of short film productions. There is nothing that quite matches the atmosphere and feeling of being on even a tiny set and helping to contribute to the final product. My favorite class year was entirely this experience. The class was a pass/fail practicum in which I had to accrue a minimum number of hours working as crew on other students...