The Story-teller and his Audience Flashcards
An essay written by…
Ruth Scodel
Scodel says that, to 8th century Greeks, epic was a…
Remote, splendid, shared past that were a valuable cultural resource and a method of ethical thought
She argues that epic performance was a source of…
Social cohesion with a familiarity that offered solidarity in a changing world
The central concerns of the poem are…
The mortal individual embedded in complex social relations, deciding what one’s life is worth, and connecting an understand of one’s own life with demands from community, friends, and family
The epics borrow familiar material from other stories to expand their own tales, including…
Anecdotes of Olympus, songs of bards, etc.
The narratives include exposition for the audience, such as…
Telemachus explaining the suitors to Athene in book 1
Homer invites sympathy from the readers, even for the ‘enemy’ Trojans, by…
Achieving powerful realistic effects through the inclusion of women, children, family, and animals in detail
Homer creates suspense using a combination of…
Foreshadowing and misdirection
Homer’s misdirection is balanced by firm narrative structures, including…
The Iliad being organised around scenes of pleading, and the adventures in the odyssey being told in groups of three
