scholarship Flashcards
what does CM bowra say about odysseus’ heroism (heroes/gods,monster)
it is lacking as he is faced by monsters and inferiors
what does peter jones say about the severity of odysseus’ revenge (heroes,gods,monsters)
whatever one may think of the severity of Odysseus’ revenge a greek would have argued he had the right to take it
what does john halverson say about odysseus love of his home (emotion)
oikos is more sharply focussed on then nostos
what does peter jones say about the battlefield vs the home (emotion)
the odyssey makes the household rather than the battlefield centre of its universe
what does w.s anderson say about aeneas’ destiny being tragic (emotion)
the destiny that almost dehumanizes him is the final proof by virgil that aeneas is not passive but more tragic than dido and turnus together
what does peradotto say about calypsos response to hermes (emotion)
calypsos response lays bare the asymetry in the norms of sexual conduct governing both males and females
what does andre michaelapolous say about calypso keeping odysseus trapped (emotion)
it was her sensuality not his that kept him prisoner
what does r.d williams say about dido as an obstacle (emotion)
an obstacle to the divine that must be overcome
what does kenneth quinn say about the man and war in the aeneid (politics)
if virgil decided to tell the story of a man and a war it is because he knew his audience would read it with another man and war in mind
what does robin sowerby say about the aeneid as a national epic (politics)
the aeneid is pre-eminently a national epic immediately connected with roman history as well as a record of traditional roman ways and customs
what does charles segal say about the vulnerability of human in ovids metamorphoses (politics)
the vulnerability of the human body stands out all the more in contrast to the gods absolute power
what does reilly say about dido and camilla proving a point (politics)
dido and camilla prove a point about the role of women in ancient rome which is that women who attempt to insert themselves into a mans world of politics and warfare will ultimately fail
what does peter jones say about athenes continuing presence (time)
it is tempting to say that athenes continuing presence diminshes the stature of odysseus but it is important to emphasise that in homer the gods help only those who are worthy
what does r.d williams say about fate in homer vs virgil (time)
fate is all the time behind human action, in homer fate indeed governs mens actions but it is a short term fate that determines the problems of a moment whereas in virgil fate has its plan for hundreds of years.
what does charles segal say about ovid evoking men and women (violence)
the body is the means whereby ovid evokes men and womens subjection to arbitrary violence
what does charles segal say about the suffering of women (violence)
some of the worst suffering is the sudden arbitrary loss of human form inflicted on women
what does mcleish say about dido being well rounded to us (violence)
to us dido is a real persons whos emotions and actions have roundness but we are post romantics, to a roman in virgils day she was probably nothing more than an unbalanced barbarian queen
what does Bruce Haiden say about looking at poetry through the lens of narratology
An approach to poetry through the lens of narratology confronts an array of
misconceptions that block and distort one’s view of poetry and of narrative as well
how does Stephen p. Scully describe the narrative voice
the narrative voice appears authoritative
how does Booth explain the narrators role in the iliad
he directs and guides us through the story as if constantly at our elbows controlling rigorously our beliefs, interests and emotions
