tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post6544962842709064419..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: What Is The Meaning of All These Sacrifices?: The Homeric DreamCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-49535607605526260282007-11-19T11:14:00.000-05:002007-11-19T11:14:00.000-05:00Hello, Eileen et al.: Have a look at a collection ...Hello, Eileen et al.: Have a look at a collection of essays by James I. Porter: Classical Pasts, which seems very apropos of our effort to explore new approaches to the whole theme of the Homeric. In fact, the project seems close to Gadamer's way of thinking about tradition.<BR/>M.MooreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-12114635779142342372007-09-29T11:36:00.000-04:002007-09-29T11:36:00.000-04:00Hi John: it's nice to hear from you [the Palgrave ...Hi John: it's nice to hear from you [the Palgrave book will be coming out in December, by the way]; I'm envious that you get to go to school in Vancouver! And thanks for reminding me of Joyce--obviously we will need to include bits of that on the syllabus, too. Cheers, EileenEileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-13629385642446297132007-09-28T01:26:00.000-04:002007-09-28T01:26:00.000-04:00Hi Eileen. Just stumbled across your blog and thou...Hi Eileen. Just stumbled across your blog and thought I'd chime in. <BR/><BR/>University of British Columbia, where I'm a graduate student, tried to pass a similar entering-freshman seminar through the deeply entrenched Canadian edu-govern-bureaucracy, which sadly failed. It would have been centered around the Odyssey, and one of the major proponents was Ira Nadel (Modernism/Joyce). <BR/><BR/>That said, the deep resonances that the Homer has in North American culture are profound -- as you mentioned. <BR/><BR/>I love Joyce's take on it (in the Sirens section of Ulysses) where he reconstructs musical movements through the textual composition. Just a thought, as you already mentioned the mini-film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-57245854535057013912007-09-21T21:09:00.000-04:002007-09-21T21:09:00.000-04:00That's a great idea, Conrad, and thanks for making...That's a great idea, Conrad, and thanks for making the suggestion. Cheers, EileenEileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-17288295597267105342007-09-21T18:03:00.000-04:002007-09-21T18:03:00.000-04:00How about some mention of Jaynes' remarks on the O...How about some mention of Jaynes' remarks on the Odyssey in <EM>The Origin of Consciousness</EM>?Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-83752468340374253522007-09-12T13:36:00.000-04:002007-09-12T13:36:00.000-04:00Another issue of interest might be Godard's "le mé...Another issue of interest might be Godard's "le méprise" in which fritz lang himself is depicted directing a "art" version of the odyssey for an american womanizer. It just so happens BErsani/Dutroit have an essay on it in "Forms of Being"<BR/><BR/>Especially if students are making their own films...copyist functionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13238625507406835827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-4026979891516245292007-09-12T11:14:00.000-04:002007-09-12T11:14:00.000-04:00Wonderful course! I'm glad to see the Wolcott on t...Wonderful course! I'm glad to see the Wolcott on there.<BR/><BR/>Of course the medievalist in me wants to see Dares and Dictys on the syllabus someplace...<BR/><BR/>When I've taught the Odyssey, I found the tensions of hospitality most interesting: how does one tell the difference between a pirate and guest? How does one control the excess of guests? Reading the Polyphemus episode with O's return worked well for my classes. Of course these issues have been treated well by Derrida 'Hostipitality' (in Acts of Religion), but I'd like to say I discovered them for myself.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.com