tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post1903652311924381324..comments2023-10-12T07:59:31.827-04:00Comments on Antiquitopia: Humans Always (Wrongly) Blame the Gods: Odyssey 1.32-35Jared Calawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09380681998833566514noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post-38957035013080149952008-09-23T11:58:00.000-04:002008-09-23T11:58:00.000-04:00My class is not an ethics class...nor do we partic...My class is not an ethics class...nor do we particularly focus on moral issues per se. It is a literature class. So, we do very close readings of the text, illuminating details that most people pass over, discuss how those details play out, fit with, toy with, or even transform a particular theme within the text in order to demonstrate the dynamics of the text. <BR/><BR/>So, it may be an ethical issue, but it could be any number of themes that a particular text interrogates from multiple angles, such as ancient hospitality, nature and culture, coming to terms with one's own mortality (which includes the quest for and failure to attain immortality), family relationships, rites of passage, coming of age, or, here, the will of the gods and human action. <BR/><BR/>We look at literary techniques. I particularly like to show how different texts literarily create internality or inwardness.<BR/><BR/>So, throughout the semester (and the year--it is a year-long course), by reading and paying close attention to the details of the text, we create a huge network of interwoven themes within and between the texts.Jared Calawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380681998833566514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post-31126837652416428032008-09-22T15:41:00.000-04:002008-09-22T15:41:00.000-04:00Question: How do you teach these things to your st...Question: How do you teach these things to your students? Do you focus on virtue, value, ethics, or what?Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post-1973195886139388302008-09-22T15:22:00.000-04:002008-09-22T15:22:00.000-04:00I was just wondering "where you were". Thank you f...I was just wondering "where you were". Thank you for this blog entry. I am trying to understand what my responsibilty is, as co-dependency is taking too much or too little responsibility in life...Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.com