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GREK0036: Homer: Odyssey (20/21)
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Week 1 - Introduction
Handout 1 - Introduction to the Odyssey
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Presentation 1 Introduction to Homer
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Week 1 - Introduction
Griffin, The Epic Cycle and the Uniqueness of Homer
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The Odyssey - 72 actors. 12 hours. 1 epic journey: 9 October 9.00-midday (Books 1-4)
Week 2 - The plot and the characters
Handout 2 - plot of the Odyssey
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Week 2 - The plot and the characters
Penelope Murray, "Poetic Inspiration in Early Greece"
Week 3 - Story patterns and the use of myth
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Week 3 - Story patterns and the use of myth
Burgess, Intertextuality in early Greek epic
Week 4 - Gods and Goddesses
Handout 4 - Gods in Homer
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Week 4 - Gods and Goddesses
Lesky, Divine and Human Causation in the Homeric epic
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Quiz 1 - Answer 1 out of 4 questions
Week 5 - Oral Tradition and Homer
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Week 5 - Oral Tradition and Homer
Lord, 'Homer as Oral Traditional Poet'
Week 6 - Novelisations of the Odyssey
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Quiz 2 - please answer ONLY ONE out of THREE questions
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Hauser on Atwood
Week 7 - Receptions: The Odyssey in Cinema
Reception in Cinema
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Handout 7 - Homer in cinema
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Week 7 - Receptions: The Odyssey in Cinema
Paul, Homer on the Silver Screen
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Homer on the Silver Screen - article notes
Week 8 - Receptions: Cavafy's Ithaca and The Second Odyssey
Presentation Cavafy
Week 8 - Receptions: Cavafy's Ithaca and The Second Odyssey
Handout 8 - Cavafy and Homer
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Week 8 - Receptions: Cavafy's Ithaca and The Second Odyssey
Ricks, The shade of Homer, Cavafy
Week 9 - Receptions: Homer in Byzantium and gods as allegories
Handout Byzantium
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Week 9 - Receptions: Homer in Byzantium and gods as allegories
Browning, The Byzantines and Homer
Week 10 - Receptions: Women in the Odyssey
Handout - Women in Homer
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PPP - Women in Homer
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Week 10 - Receptions: Women in the Odyssey
Felson/Slatkin Gender and Homeric Epic
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GREK0036: Homer: Odyssey (20/21)
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Peter Agocs
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Miriam Leonard
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Dan Orrells
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Antony Makrinos
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