Introduction odyssey
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The Odysseyby Homer
An Introduction
Brainstorm
• Using the organizer provided, you will brainstorm what you already know about • Heroes• Epics• Mythology• Homer• The Odyssey
Brainstorming Notes
• As we review this presentation, you will fill out the right column of the organizational chart
• This will include “what you will need to know about heroes, epics, mythology, Homer and the Odyssey”
Epic Genre• Epic genre today
includes:• Films• Music• Television• Video games• Novels• And more…
• Stories have a theme of heroism The Lion King
The Epic PoemAn Epic Poem:
- A long narrative poem- Usually discusses heroic deeds and events significant
to a culture or nation
- The Rhapsodist:- Classical Greek
professional performer
- Traveled to towns singing about epics, myths and tales
Homer• Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
• Lived around 8th century B.C.E.• Blind storyteller who traveled• Wrote the earliest literature of
Europe
Why do we read such old literature?
• Gives history of over 2,000 years ago
• Gives us an understanding of heroes through time
• Has many themes still relevant today
The Iliad- Set in the last year of the ten-year Trojan War
-The war was fought over Helen, the most beautiful of all women and wife of Menelaus, who fell in love with Paris and took her to Troy
-The famous Trojan Horse led to the fall of Troy
Helen and Paris
The Epic HeroDefinition: a brave and noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements
Strong
Attractive
Authoritative
IntelligentBraveOdysseus: An Epic Hero
The Odyssey
Iliad
Odyssey Begins Here
-Begins in medias res, or “in the middle of things”
Calypso
Calypso
Setting – Book 1
Telemachus
Penelope
Athena
Odysseus’ home has been taken over by suitors
Odysseus’ wife
Odysseus’ sonOdysseus’ helper
Athena visits Telemachus in Ithaca (Odysseus’ home) to advise him to search for his father
Point of View
Third Person Omniscient : He frequently offers insight into the thoughts and feelings of even minor characters, gods and mortals alike
Point of view allows the narrator to tell the story through different vantage points
The majority of the epic is narrated in:
Analyzing for Point of View
The narrator tells us that Telemachus is “unhappy” as he is “daydreaming” of his father. By the narrator allowing the audience to know about Telemachus, it helps to understand his love for his father. This makes the reader feel sympathy for Telemachus.
From Book 1, the Odyssey
Assignment – Point of View
Using Book 1 of The Odyssey, you will find specific quotes from the text which illustrate the omniscient narrative voice.
You will focus on the characters Odysseus, Telemachus, Athena, Penelope and the Suitors.
You will find one quote for each character(s), and you will explain what you can infer about the character through third- person omniscient narration.
(see example)
Sources
• The Odyssey Pre-Reading - Exploring Epic• www.dictionary.com• www.wikipedia.com• A Story of Epic Proportions: What makes a P
oem an Epic? | EDSITEment
• The Odyssey, by Homer