Approaches to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
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Approaches to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
(American university studies, Series XIX General literature ; v. 38)
P. Lang, c2010
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Includes bibliographies and index
Contents of Works
- Why teach Homer? / Kostas Myrsiades
- Reading Homer through oral tradition / John Miles Foley
- Res agens : towards an ontology of the Homeric self / Damian Stocking
- Feet, fate, and finitude : on standing and inertia in the Iliad / Kalliopi Nikolopoulou
- Learning lessons from the Trojan War : Briseis and the theme of force / Casey Dué
- Poulydamas and Hektor / Matthew Clark
- Aias and the gods / William Duffy
- Homer and the will of Zeus / Joe Wilson
- Assembly and hospitality in the cyclôpeia / Rick M. Newton
- Rewriting the Odyssey in the twent first century : Mary Zimmerman's Odyssey and Margaret Atwood's Penelopiad / Mihoko Zuzuki
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Approaches to Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey' consists of ten original essays on the Iliad and Odyssey by established Homeric scholars and university professors of Greek literature and culture. The anthology offers not only fresh approaches to reading, appreciating, and understanding these Homeric epics, but also attempts to make a case why these works are still relevant in the twenty-first century. Both epics are required reading in most college/university general and world literature courses, as is evident from their inclusion in part or in whole in many standard world literature anthologies. These ten new approaches to the first literary works of Western culture are intended as reading aids for both instructors and students in any college/university classroom in which either of these two Homeric epics are taught.
Table of Contents
Contents: Kostas Myrsiades: Why Teach Homer? - John Miles Foley: "Reading Homer" through Oral Tradition - Damian Stocking: Res Agens: Towards an Ontology of the Homeric Self - Kalliopi Nikolopoulou: Feet, Fate, and Finitude: On Standing and Inertia in the Iliad - Casey Due: Learning Lessons from the Trojan War: Briseis and the Theme of Force - Matthew Clark: Poulydamas and Hektor - William Duffy: Aias and the Gods - Joe Wilson: Homer and the Will of Zeus - Rick M. Newton: Assembly and Hospitality in the Cyclopeia - Mihoko Zuzuki: Rewriting the Odyssey in the Twenty-First Century: Mary Zimmerman's Odyssey and Margaret Atwood's Penelopiad.
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