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Understanding The Odyssey
Claudia Durst JohnsonVernon Johnson
其他書名
A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historic Documents
出版Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2003-06-30
主題Literary Criticism / General
ISBN031303933X9780313039331
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cnzDEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋For thousands of years, The Odyssey has resonated throughout the Western world. Homer has been an original source of inspiration to writers, painters, sculptors, and filmmakers, as well as a vital source of information about the mythology, history, and culture of ancient Greece. This casebook uniquely blends commentary and primary documents, situating the epic within historical contexts that are important for students to understand.

The literary analysis chapter is ideal for readers coming to The Odyssey for the first time, introducing the work with a chronology of events and identification of major characters and themes. Topical chapters carefully consider matters of mythology, geography, archeology, and class issues pertinent to The Odyssey. Excerpts from classical and scholarly sources, including Herodotus, Plato, Thucydides, and Bulfinch, help students understand the historical framework, and materials from government documents and newspaper accounts help students make connections betweenThe Odyssey's thematic ideas and current events, such as the September 11th attacks and the ongoing conflict in Ireland.