1. What’s New? And what’s not?

2. New or not?

3. New or old? )when what hugs stopping earth than silent is more silent than more than much more is or total sun oceaning than any this tear jumping from each most least eye of star and without was if minus and shall be immeasurable happenless unnow shuts more than open could that every tree or than all his life more death begins to grow end's ending then these dolls of joy and grief these recent memories of future dream these perhaps who have lost their shadows if which did not do the losing spectres mine until out of merely not nothing comes only one snowflake(and we speak our names

4. New or old?

5. Which?

6. New or old?

7. But....

8. Cameron’s Avatar – New or Old?

9. Tolkien’s (and Peter Jackson’s) Smaug – which?

10. “The” ring – which?

11. Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been? Connie had to laugh at that. Arnold Friend was pleased at her laughter and looked up at her. "Around the other side's a lot more —you wanta come and see them?" "No." "Why not?" "Why should I?" "Don'tcha wanta see what's on the car? Don'tcha wanta go for a ride?" "I don't know." "Why not?" "I got things to do." "Like what?" "Things.”

12. Witches – which?

13. New or old?

14. Others too difficult to show: Farts as comedy Having one’s head chopped off – and surviving Helping one’s father to “commit suicide” Gouging out the eyes of an enemy Going to war against God

15. Compare to other cultures Gilgamesh: Sumerian Civilization Gilgamesh: Sumerian Civilization Inanna : descended to the underworld to get back her Inanna : descended to the underworld to get back her Egypt: the story of Isis traveling all over the known world to find Osiris Egypt: the story of Isis traveling all over the known world to find Osiris Homer: Homer: – Iliad and Odyssey Japanese: stories of Momotaro Japanese: stories of Momotaro China: Journey to the West (Monkey, Tripitaka, Horse, Sandman, etc.) China: Journey to the West (Monkey, Tripitaka, Horse, Sandman, etc.) India: Baghavad Gita and Ramayana India: Baghavad Gita and Ramayana British Isles: Beowulf British Isles: Beowulf

16. What makes a hero? 1.2.3.4.5.6.

17. Old heroes:

19. What do you expect from a heroic epic?