Week 1: Indian Epics Course Overview

I am really looking forward to reading the different interpretations of the Indian epics.  It will be interesting to read the two different versions of the Ramayana and compare them.  I want to discover the ways that the two authors adapt the stories and make them their own.  One of the things that I am looking forward to is creating my own storybook and adapting the stories to support the story that I am trying to tell.  It is fun reading different tales and seeing how they can be interpreted and used to convey a different message than the author was telling.