Classics 324 - Odysseys from Homer to Joyce

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Bard College

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This course explores the nature and cultural uses of the figure of the wandering hero, from its first major treatment in Homer's Odyssey to its adaptation in the 20th century by both Nikos Kazantzakis and James Joyce. Particular attention is paid to the moral ambiguities that seem to inhere in theWest's representation of this prototypical wanderer and to the aesthetic and generic usefulness of representing such a figure. Readings include: Homer, Odyssey; Virgil, Aeneid; Sophocles, Ajax and Philoctetes; Euripides, Hecuba; Dante, Inferno; Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida; Fénelon, Télémaqu e; selections from thpoetry of Tennyson, Cavafy, Louise Gluck, and others; Joyce, Ulysses; Kazantzakis, The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel; and Walcott, Omeros. There are also readings in secondary literature.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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