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Classical Lit: Session 2 of Individual Presentations
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Monday, April 30, 2007. Session 2 of Individual Presentations. 10) Me: Janet-My Terpsichore. Dance is my life and first love of my life. Janet was my inspiration to dance, therefore, Janet was the Terpsichore of my story. (Coincidentally, Terpsichore is the muse of dance.). Terpsichore, Muse of Music and Dance. By Jean-Marc Nattier (Picture below). 11) Dan - Daedalus. And Icarus. Kansas -. Here is the URL to a YouTube. Video of this song performed by Kansas: http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Men vs. women.
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Ash's blog: Closing Thoughts
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Negotiating creativity, reflection, spark, and sense, shamelessly, without any usefulness or purpose. Tuesday, May 1, 2007. I was shocked at how significant Antigone was to Western culture. I think the play made me think the most about the conflict between timelessness and the timely, and about death. I also really enjoyed Lysistrata and the Symposium. Great reading in this class! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Love and the Psyche. This is my favorite sculpture: Psyche Revived b.
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Classical Lit: 01/22/07
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Monday, January 22, 2007. Jan 22, 2007. Agon- a Greek word for battle or contest. Thus creating the word in English, "agony". Ob-"off" scene- "the scene" = obscene. There are 5 main conflicts in lines 441-581 in Antigone:. 1) Man and woman. 2) Young and old. 3) Individual vs. society. 4) Living and dead. 5) Human and God(s). Steiner - pg114, pg121: You can take myths from the past, and relate them back today. THE PAST IS NOT A PACKAGE THAT ONE CAN LAY AWAY. EMILY DICKINSON. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Classical Foundations of Literature: Cupid and Psyche
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Classical Foundations of Literature. All that is past possesses the present. Monday, April 16, 2007. Cupid and Psyche is a story about love, mystery, and consequence. This story has great influence in literature throughout the ages. Milton speaks of the story in one of his poems:. Celestial Cupid, her famed son, advanced,. Holds his dear Psyche sweet entranced,. After her wandering labours long,. Till free consent the gods among. Make her his eternal bride;. And from her fair unspotted side.
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Classical Foundations of Literature: Symposium
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Classical Foundations of Literature. All that is past possesses the present. Saturday, March 3, 2007. The term "symposium" is a term that originally had to do with a drinking party that often included rigorous discussion. The Greek verb sympotein. Means "to drink together." Today, the term usually refers to an academic discussion, the presence of alcohol is now optional. Here is a picture of an ancient symposium:. While a present-day symposium would look something like this:. 5 lines from Ovid.
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Classical Lit: 01/30/07
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007. Jan 29, 2007. Well, sadly, I have not had an epiphany yet this week! So I will try to keep you all posted on that aspect of my life. However, I hope that this blog will be much better by the end of the week. Jan 26, 2007. I was researching the 9 muses on the internet, and this picture caught my eye:. The website I obtained this photo is: http:/ beta.communities.msn.ch/TheGreekMythologyAge/themuses.msnw. Jan 24, 2007. Zeus overthrowing the most powerful gods =. Jan 29, 2007.
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English 213: Presentations- Mick Leslie
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Mick's presentation began with the announcement that his book was the wrong book, but that serendipity saw fit to make this wrong book the right book. The book was. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My icon- Dan Simmons Ilium. View my complete profile.
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English 213: Pride and Prejudice
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007. This novel is the final reading for my Restoration of 18th century British Literature class, and one sentence in particular stuck out in its similarity to a story we discussed in class. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My icon- Dan Simmons Ilium. View my complete profile.
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English 213: April 2007
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Monday, April 30, 2007. John's presentation also dealt with the five conflicts of Antigone. The work in which these conflicts are described is J.D. Salinger's. Catcher in the Rye. A book which I regretfully admit I have not yet read. The conflicts center around the life of Holden Caulfield, who uses cynicism in an attempt to avoid the pain of growing up and entering the adult world. His anger against the phoniness and superficiality of the world represents the individual vs society. Especially how Perseu...
