Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The Epic: The Odyssey


The Epic


Wily Odysseus blinding the suitors in front of his wife, prudent Penelope


Epic Conventions


Epic Conventions

Epic Conventions 2

The Epic via the Odyssey

Link to more epithets in Homer:


Homeric Epithets

Student assignment:

Student assignment: Select a book in The Odyssey and dissect it for its epic conventions. Then compare that book with the treatment of the epic and quest in a chapter of Cold Mountain.


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