We start the Oresteia this week. Please read the first play, Agamemnon. You may optionally also read the introduction. Please read also (to be discussed Thursday) the following selections from Plato and Aristotle: Text 1–From Plato’s Gorgias In this work Plato presents a dialogue between Polus and Socrates in which they discuss a theory of [...]
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Reading assignment for Tuesday, Feb. 10th
Posted in reading assignments, tagged Aristotle, art, Justice, Plato, therapeutic punishment, virtue on February 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Welcome to our course!
Posted in commentary, course information, tagged art, Monsiau, Odysseus, Odyssey, Telemachus on December 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This blog will be an important forum for the course classical studies (CLST) 180 on the theme of revenge in literature. We will use it for discussion of the subject matter of the course, both the assigned texts and any other relevant items of interest that are useful for our project. More will soon follow [...]
A Picture Worth 1500 Pages
Posted in student commentary, tagged art, Hugo, V on April 20, 2009 | 11 Comments »
It is common knowledge that a picture is worth 1000 words, but in V for Vendetta, I may have to disagree. In this case, I think a picture is worth much more. Moore and Lloyd manage to construct a complete literary allusion with the inclusion of one background image. The background of a panel on [...]
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