PPT-The Odyssey Pre-reading Notes

A long narrative poem that deals with the trials and achievements of a great heroheroes What is an odyssey Answer a voyage or journey The Odyssey is an epic poem about the journey of Odysseus He leaves his home to fight in the Trojan War and is gone for 20 years. Homer and the Odyssey. Following are some notes on Homer and what scholars call the “Homeric Question,” as well as an introduction to the text. My notes follow for Books 1-10; you are responsible for reading the whole epic, so . Comparison. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? - Summary. Everrett. Ulysses McGill, sick of breaking rocks in the heat of a Mississippi summer, escapes with his two dim accomplices, Delmar and Pete. Trying to reclaim a buried treasure before it’s lost forever underneath a lake, the three make their way to Everett's homestead. Along the way, they meet a conniving one-eyed Bible salesman, a blind prophet, a trio of sexy sirens, and a man who sold his soul to the devil. In their race to reach the treasure before it's flooded, they end up crashing a Ku Klux Klan lynch mob, help a sensitive Baby-Face Nelson rob three banks in two hours, and even have enough time to put out a best selling record as "The Soggy Bottom Boys.". . An Epic by Homer. Created by Erin Salona. . Homer, the Poet. Credited with writing the two most famous epics of all time: the . Illiad. and the . Odyssey. . . Stories passed down orally during the Homeric Age.. Comparison. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? - Summary. Everrett. Ulysses McGill, sick of breaking rocks in the heat of a Mississippi summer, escapes with his two dim accomplices, Delmar and Pete. Trying to reclaim a buried treasure before it’s lost forever underneath a lake, the three make their way to Everett's homestead. Along the way, they meet a conniving one-eyed Bible salesman, a blind prophet, a trio of sexy sirens, and a man who sold his soul to the devil. In their race to reach the treasure before it's flooded, they end up crashing a Ku Klux Klan lynch mob, help a sensitive Baby-Face Nelson rob three banks in two hours, and even have enough time to put out a best selling record as "The Soggy Bottom Boys.". Kelly Gritten. Interlibrary Loan. Indiana State University. kelly.gritten@indstate.edu. Odyssey can be used as a . Standalone. program or as part of . ILLiad. Standalone Odyssey . is available . free of charge. Test Date. : 11/7/13 (Thursday). MYTHOLOGY/ODYSSEY. Themes. Lit. Terms. Odyssey Plot. Epic Poetry. Mythology. 50. 40. 30. 20. 10. 10. 20. 30. 40. 50. 10. 20. 30. 40. 50. 10. 20. 30. 40. 50. 10. 20. 30. . lived around 1200 B.C.E.. was a poet. is traditionally thought to be blind, but describes events as a seeing person. Homer. Composed the . Iliad. and the . Odyssey, . . epic. poems about the war between the Trojans and the Greeks set in 900-700 . . lived around 1200 B.C.E.. was a poet. is traditionally thought to be blind, but describes events as a seeing person. Homer. Composed the . Iliad. and the . Odyssey, . . epic. poems about the war between the Trojans and the Greeks set in 900-700 . Ancient Greece. During the Greek Dark Age, poets called bards traveled to different . poli. . . The bards told stories in the form of long poems called epics. People would often pay to hear the bards describe stories of the distant past. . Why read The Odyssey?. Experience the oldest literary form. Study and analyze the genre of epic. Study and analyze other elements of literature (character, theme, etc.). Look for archetypes. Enjoy a fascinating adventure tale. Epic. Myth. A long narrative poem that tells about the adventures of a great hero. Epics embody the values of the people who tell them.. A traditional story rooted in a particular culture that usually explains a belief, ritual, or mysterious natural phenomenon. . How do you define a hero or heroine? . Create a list of character traits heroes and heroines possess. (At least 5). Choose an individual from our society who represents or embodies your definition and character traits. . This beautifully illustrated book offers the first inside view of how the breakup of the Soviet bloc has affected this farthest republic and its nomadic peoples. The first Western scholars to be given permission to conduct fieldwork in Mongolia, Melvyn Goldstein and Cynthia Beall lived among a community of herders to study how they were adapting to Mongolia\'s transition to democracy and a market economy.Weathering temperatures below zero, living in the nomads\' ger, drinking suteytsai (milk-tea), eating bordzig (a pastry made from wheat dough) and pieces of solid fat (a Mongolian delicacy), Goldstein and Beall studied the seasonal migrations and traditional lifestyle of the nomads. They also watched as a herders\' collective under the Marxist-Leninist system made the difficult transition to a shareholding company through the government\'s privatization reforms. The book\'s magnificent photographs and accompanying text introduce us to a proud people undergoing enormous change as their country emerges from years under communism. 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