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CCIV 220 HOMER AND THE EPIC WINTER 2018 Required texts: Homer, Iliad (trans. Peter Green; UC Press); Homer, Odyssey (trans. Stanley Lombardo; Hackett); Cambridge Companion to Homer (ed. Robert Fowler; Cambridge U. Press) Preparatory period – in the Cambridge Companion to Homer [hereafter CCH) read the essays by Donald Lateiner, “The Iliad: an unpredictable classic,” Ruth Scodel, “The Story-Teller and His Audience,” Jasper Griffin, “The speeches” and John Miles Foley, “The Epic as Genre.” On the first day of class, submit a very concise (no more than 1 paragraph) summary of what you find to be the most important points from each article. It would also be good for you to read at least the first few books of the Iliad, just to get a head start. M 1/8 Read: Iliad Books 1-5. T 1/9 Read: Iliad 6-10; in CCH Nancy Felson and Laura Slatkin “Gender and Homeric Epic” first paper (2 pp.) due W 1/10 Read Iliad 11-16; in CCH Emily Kearns, “The gods in the Homeric epics” Th 1/11 Read: Iliad 17-20; W.H. Auden, “The Shield of Achilles” (PDF); in CCH Michael Clarke, “Manhood and Heroism” F 1/12 Read: Iliad 21-24; second 2 pp. paper due. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- M 1/15 Read: Odyssey 1-5; in CCH Michael Silk, “The Odyssey and its exploration” T 1/16 Read: Odyssey 6-11; Pierre Vidal-Naquet, “Land and Sacrifice in the Odyssey” (PDF); 3d 2pp. paper due. W 1/17 Read: Odyssey 12-16; in CCH Robin Osborne, “Homeric Society” Th 1/18 Read: Odyssey 17-20; 4th 2 pp. paper due. F 1/19 Read: Odyssey 21-24; in CCH Richard Hunter, “Homer and Greek literature” and Lorna Hardwick, “’Shards and suckers’: Contemporary receptions of Homer” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T 1/23 Final paper/project due. .

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