Classical Foundations of Literature

This blog was created and will be maintained at least over the next few months to supplement an English Literature class titled Classical Foundations of Literature. Basically I will just be discussing certain elements of the class I find interesting, comment on reading, post notes, etc. Feel free to respond to whatever.

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

The Last Temptation of Christ

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Coincidence that I mentioned The Last Temptation of Christ while discussing scapegoats, and also used it as a quote in my paper? I think no...

My Socrates Paper

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Here is a copy of my Socrates paper that I gave my presentation on today. Socrates: The Man, the Myth, and the Immortal Presence It seems th...
Monday, April 30, 2007

Jesus and the Scapegoat

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I found the idea that the scapegoat is a necessary component of society to be pretty interesting. "Scapegoat" is often a term that...

Dionysus of the Double Doors

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I just wanted to comment a little about Jann and Chase's presentations on Dionysus. Chase compared Dionysus to Jesus and found some pret...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The Golden Ass

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I just wanted to post something on here that I ran across while searching the web. It's a pretty interesting meditation on the Golden A...

Men vs. Women

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First of all, I wanted to comment about how much I liked the group's (I can't remember which number they were) portrayal of the diff...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

The Bacchae Satire

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Here all the credit goes to Jann and Chase for this script. Nice work you two. Earlier today Barbara Bush and her friends went to a Democrat...

The Lysistrata Satire

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Here is the Lysistrata piece. It mainly consists of a conversation between George W. (G) and Laura (L - same as Lysistrata, what a coincide...

The Antigone Satire

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This is the first part of our play/presentation. I didn't write any of this one, and want to give credit to John and Danielle for an ex...

Presentations

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Today our group is presenting. I hope it all turns out well and is a fun and entertaining experience for everyone. I also want to wish every...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Lingering class thoughts

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-We shall not stop from exploration and the end of all exploring will be to arrive where we started but know the place for the first time. T...

Cupid and Psyche

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Here are several links to images of Cupid and Psyche. http://www.epicureantable.com/articles/cupidpsyche.jpg http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~m...
Monday, April 09, 2007

Random Thoughts

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I really wish I knew what I was doing with this whole blogging thing. I browse around on other people's sites and they have all sorts o...

Test Questions

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Which birds represent Procne and Philomela? ~ a swallow and a nightingale, respectively What is the definition of ate? ~ infatuation to the ...
Monday, April 02, 2007

5 Lines

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To be honest, I doubt these are really my five favorite lines from Ovid's Metamorphoses. There are just far too many spectacular moment...
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