Lecture 1/2 - What is Ancient Literature and Why Read it? Flashcards
1
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Subaltern groups
A
marginalized groups
2
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Canonical (2)
A
works have withstood the test of time/ continue to be meaningful
3
Q
What is literature?
A
a set of works a given society tactfully deems important/ worthy of a particular kind of reception
4
Q
How was ancient literature consumed? (3)
A
- read aloud in communal settings
- for leisure/education
- consumed by a small part of society
5
Q
6 major periods
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archaic
classical
hellenistic
roman republic
augustan
post augustan
6
Q
Anachronistic POV
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belonging to a different period other than the one portrayed
7
Q
how was most ancient literature encountered?
A
in performance/ communal settings, private reading was uncommon
