Major Assignment One
As we encounter world literature, it’s important to remember that they are often being
filtered through another cultural and this type of perspective.
What is linguistic?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the century B.C.E. that Homer lived in.
About 2000 B.C.E., these ancient Greek-speaking people built big, fortified cities around central palaces in the south of Greece
What are the Mycenaeans?
They did not regain their knowledge of reading or writing until an alphabet, invented by this trading people , was adopted in the eighth century B.C.E
Who are the Phoenicians?
This God of the Underworld kidnapped Persephone whilst she was picking flowers in a meadow.
Who is Hades?
You will choose one of these labs for your assignment.
What is translation?
The Iliad and this other poem tell the story of the clash of two great civilizations, and the effects of war on both the winners and the losers
What is the Odyssey?
The metal they used for weapons, armor, and tools (an alloy of copper & tin), & their time is therefore known as this Age
What is Bronze?
DAILY DOUBLE
They traveled and told tales of the lost age of heroes who fought with bronze, and of the cities besieged and destroyed by war.
This Goddess of the Harvest, and mother of Persephone, told Zeus that until her daughter was returned, it would remain Winter.
Who is Demeter?
Pay attention to language differences, word choice, tone, and this. Do not confuse this with fashion trends!
What is style?
Both poems are about this war, a mythical conflict between a coalition of Greeks and the inhabitants of Troy, a city in Asia Minor
What is Trojan?
During the next few hundred years, the centralized power systems of the palaces were broken up, and the knowledge of writing—used by these people to keep accounts of their vast wealth—was entirely lost.
What are Mycenean lords?
These poets in ancient Greece used a traditional form (a six-unit line called hexameter), fitting their own riffs into the rhythm, with musical accompaniment
What is oral?
DAILY DOUBLE
This famous wife was scorned too many times by Zeus, often cursing his victims, blaming them for her husband's infidelity.
This is the August deadline for your rough draft. 13 Going on a Reverse 13.
What is 31?
Homer suffered this disability.
What is blindness?
After dominating the region for these many years, Mycenaean civilization came to an end around 1200 B.C.E
What is 600?
Fluent poetic ________ is very difficult; these techniques gave each performer a working structure so that stories and lines did not have to be generated entirely on the spot.
What is ad-libbing?
This maiden was pursued by Zeus, and in a plea for help to the Goddess Athena, she was transformed into a tree.
Who is Daphne?
Our goal is to have a deeper understanding of how this type of literature is shaped before we encounter it.
What is world?
Homer used this meter, not to be confused with the girl rock band from Scooby-Doo.
What is hexameter?
Archaeological investigations suggest that the great cities were burnt or destroyed at this time, perhaps by invasion, civil conflict, or these.
What are natural disasters?
Oral poets also relied on traditional stories, traditional characters, and traditional descriptors, and these.
What are common themes?
This beautiful man fell in love with his own reflection and stood so long by the creek bed, he became a flower that goes by two names, one being a daffodil.
Who is Narcissus?