Seminar Agenda, June 4-6, 2003
Faculty Consultants: Mark Edwards (Stanford), Gregory Nagy (Harvard)
Course Director: Kenny Morrell (Rhodes College)
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Seminar Participants:
· Keyne Cheshire (Davidson) (attended seminar and taught class)
· Stephen Clark (Centenary) (attended seminar and taught class)
· Rebecca Davis (Sewanee) (attended seminar, did not teach class)
· Mark Edwards (Stanford) (attended seminar, did not teach class)
· Hal Haskell (Southwestern) (attended seminar and taught class)
· Susanne Hofstra (Rhodes) (attended seminar and taught class)
· Jim Morrison (Centre) (attended seminar and taught class)
· Katherine Panagakos (Rhodes) (attended seminar and taught class)
· David Sick (Rhodes) (attended seminar, did not teach course)
· Walter Stevenson (Richmond) (attended seminar, did not teach course)
Schedule of Assigned Readings with Links to Texts
| Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
**Please note the files are in pdf format. You will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can get from the Adobe Acrobat Reader Download Site. Also, some of the longer readings are split into two files.**
For all the readings below, participants have been assigned to lead the discussion or to help. The assignments appear in red. Please try to do all the readings, if possible, even if they are not your assignment.
Editions
A. R. Benner, Selections from Homer's Iliad (Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001).
J. Griffin, Homer: Iliad Book Nine (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995).
C.W. Macleod, Homer: Iliad Book XXIV (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982).
Tuesday, 6/3/03
Afternoon / Arrivals / McCombs Residential Rm. 131 (Hospitality Suite)6:00 PM / Dinner / McCombs Residential Rm. 131 (Hospitality Suite)
Wednesday, 6/4/03
7:30-8:15 AM / Breakfast / McCombs Residential Rm. 131 (Hospitality Suite)8:30-10:00 AM / First Session: General Introductions, Overview, and Feedback
• Introductions
• Review of the evolution of Sunoikisis and the development of ICC's
• Discussion of proposed modifications based on feedback from students / ACS Tech Center
10:00-10:30 AM / Break / ACS Office Rm. 201
10:30-12:00 PM / Second Session: Structure and Plot
Cedric Whitman, “Achilles: Evolution of a Hero,” in Homer and the Homeric Tradition (Cambridge: Havard University Press, 1958), pp. 181-220.
[Keyne Cheshire will lead the discussion with assistance from Susanne Hofstra.]
“Albert Lord, Homer, and The Iliad,” in The Singer of Tales (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960):
• Pages 141-157
• Pages 186-197.
[Steve Clark will lead the discussion with assistance from Katherine Panagakos.]
N. Richardson, "Structure and themes," in The Iliad: A Commentary, volume VI, edited by Nicholas Richardson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993), pp.1-19.
[David Sick will lead the discussion with assistance from Mark Edwards.]
J. V. Morrison, “Misdirection 3: Thematic Misdirection,” in Homeric Misdirection: False Predictions in the Iliad (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992), pp. 73-93.
[Walt Stevenson will lead the discussion with assistance from Rebecca Davis.]
Miriam Carlisle, “Homeric Fictions: Pseudo-Words in Homer,” in Nine Essays on Homer, edited by Miriam Carlisle and Olga Levaniouk (Lanham, Maryland: Roman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999), pp. 55-91.
• Nine Essays on Homer: bibliography
[Hal Haskell will lead the discussion with assistance from Jim Morrison.] / ACS Tech Center
12:00-1:30 PM / Lunch / McCombs Dining
1:30-3:00 PM / Third Session: Historical and Social Background
W. Donlan, "The Homeric Economy," in A New Companion to Homer, edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997), pp. 649-667.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Rebecca Davis will lead the discussion with assistance from Hal Haskell.]
W. Donlan, "The structure of authority in the Iliad," Arethusa 12 (1979): 51-70
[Jim Morrison will lead the discussion with assistance from David Sick.]
K. Raaflaub, "Homeric Society," in A New Companion to Homer, edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997), pp. 624-648.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Susanne Hofstra will lead the discussion with assistance from Steve Clark.]
G. S. Kirk, "History and fiction in the Iliad," in The Iliad: A Commentary, volume II, edited by G. S. Kirk (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990), pp.36-50.
[Mark Edwards will lead the discussion with assistance from Walt Stevenson.]
K. Crotty, "Fathers and Sons and the Warrior Society," in The Poetics of Supplication: Homerís Iliad and Odyssey (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1994), pp. 24-41.
• The Poetics of Supplication: bibliography
[Katherine Panagakos will lead the discussion with assistance from Keyne Cheshire.] / ACS Tech Center
3:00-3:30 PM / Break / ACS Office Rm. 201
3:30-5:30 PM / Fourth Session: Gods, religion, and myth
M.Willcock, "Ad Hoc Invention in the Iliad", HSCP 81 (1977) : 41-53.
• Available online through JStor at: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0073-0688%281977%2981%3C41%3AAHIITI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5
[Keyne Cheshire will lead the discussion with assistance from Jim Morrison.]
G. S. Kirk, "The Homeric Gods: prior considerations," in The Iliad: A Commentary, volume II, edited by G. S. Kirk (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990), pp.1-14.
[Steve Clark will lead the discussion.]
M. W. Edwards, "Gods, Fate, and Mortality,” in Homer: Poet of the Iliad (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987), pp.124-142.
[Susanne Hofstra will lead the discussion.]
T. E. Jenkins, "HomÍros ekainopoiÍse: Theseus, Aithra, and Variation in Homeric Myth-Making" in Nine Essays on Homer, edited by Miriam Carlisle and Olga Levaniouk (Lanham, Maryland: Roman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999), pp.207-226.
• Nine Essays on Homer: bibliography
[Hal Haskell will lead the discussion with assistance from Mark Edwards.]
L. Edmunds, "Myth in Homer,” in A New Companion to Homer, edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997), pp.415-441.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Walt Stevenson will lead the discussion with assistance from Katherine Panagakos.]
Jean-Pierre Vernant, “A ‘Beautiful Death’ and the Disfigured Corpse in Homeric Epic,” in Mortals and Immortals: Collected Essays, edited by Froma I. Zeitlin (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991), pp. 50-74.
[David Sick will lead the discussion with assistance from Rebecca Davis.] / ACS Tech Center
5:30-7:30 PM / Dinner / McCombs Residential Rm. 131 (Hospitality Suite)
7:30-9:00 PM / Fifth Session: Lecture Topics and Discussion Questions: Book 1
• Work on the study questions for weeks 1 through 4
1.
2. Week 1: Iliad 1.1-147 Iliad 1.1-100
3. Week 2: Iliad 1.148-311 Iliad 1.148-244
4. Week 3: Iliad 1.312-455 Iliad 1.312-412
5. Week 4: Iliad 1.456-611 Iliad 1.456-559 / ACS Tech Center
Thursday, 6/5/03
7:30-8:15 AM / Breakfast / McCombs Residential Rm. 131 (Hospitality Suite)8:30-10:00 AM / First Session: Language, formula, and speech [127]
R. Janko, "The origins and evolution of the epic diction,” in The Iliad: A Commentary, volume IV, edited by R. Janko (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), pp.8-19.
[Hal Haskell will lead the discussion with assistance from Katherine Panagakos.]
E. Bakker, "Homeric Discourse and Enjambement. A Cognitive Approach," TAPA 120 (1990): 1-21.
• Available online through JStor at: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0360-5949%281990%29120%3C1%3AHDAEAC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2
[Steve Clark will lead the discussion with assistance from Walt Stevenson.]
J. Russo, "The Formula,” in A New Companion to Homer, edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997), pp.238-260.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Rebecca Davis will lead the discussion with assistance from Keyne Cheshire.]
J. Griffin, "Homeric Words and Speakers," JHS 106 (1986): 36-57.
• Available online at: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0075-4269%281986%29106%3C36%3AHWAS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y
[Jim Morrison will lead the discussion with assistance from Susanne Hofstra.]
R. P. Martin, "The Language of Achilles,” in The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989), pp.146-205.
• Pages 146-187
• Pages 188-205 and bibliography
[Kenny Morrell will lead the discussion with assistance from David Sick.] / ACS Tech Center
10:00-10:30 AM / Break / ACS Office Rm. 201
10:30-12:00 PM / Second Session: Battles and Type-scenes [93]
M. W. Edwards, "Convention and Individuality in Iliad 1," HSCP 84 (1980): 1-28 [1]
• Available online at: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0073-0688%281980%2984%3C1%3ACAIII1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V
[Keyne Cheshire will lead the discussion with assistance from Steve Clark.]
H. van Wees, "Homeric Warfare," in A New Companion to Homer, edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997), pp.668-693.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Susanne Hofstra will lead the discussion with assistance from Rebecca Davis.]
E. Minchin, "Homer's Typical Scenes: Homeric Theme and Cognitive Script," in Homer and the Resources of Memory: Some Applications of Cognitive Theory to the Iliad and the Odyssey (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), pp.32-72.
[Kenny Morrell will lead the discussion with assistance from Hal Haskell.] / ACS Tech Center
12:00-1:30 PM / Lunch / McCombs Dining
1:30-3:00 PM / Third Session: Ornamentation and Style [78]
M. W. Edwards, "Homeric Style and Oral Poetics," in A New Companion to Homer, edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997), pp.261-283.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Jim Morrison will lead the discussion with the assistance of Katherine Panagakos.]
M. W. Edwards, "Similes," in The Iliad: A Commentary, volume V, edited by M. W. Edwards (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991), pp.24-41.
[Steve Clark will lead the discussion with assistance from Kenny Morrell.]
M. W. Edwards, "Style," in The Iliad: A Commentary, volume V, edited by M. W. Edwards (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991), pp. 42-60.
[Hal Haskell will lead the discussion with assistance from Susanne Hofstra.]
E. Minchin, "The Story Format and the Generation of 'Rings,'" in Homer and the Resources of Memory: Some Applications of Cognitive Theory to the Iliad and the Odyssey (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), pp.181-202.
[David Sick will lead the discussion with assistance from Keyne Cheshire.] / ACS Tech Center
3:00-3:30 PM / Break / ACS Office Rm. 201
3:30-5:30 PM / Fourth Session: The author: originality, personality, and narratology [55]
M. W. Edwards, "The narrator and the audience," in The Iliad: A Commentary, volume V, edited by M. W. Edwards (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991), pp. 1-10.
[Katherine Panagakos will lead the discussion with assistance from Rebecca Davis.]
K. Crotty, "Supplication and the Poetics of the Iliad", in The Poetics of Supplication: Homerís Iliad and Odyssey (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1994), pp. 89-104.
• The Poetics of Supplication: bibliography
[Keyne Cheshire will lead the discussion with assistance from Walt Stevenson.]
J. V. Morrison, ìAlternatives to the Epic Tradition: Homer's Challenges in the Iliad,î TAPA 122 (1992) : 61-71.
• Available online at: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0360-5949%281992%29122%3C61%3AATTETH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D
[Susanne Hofstra will lead the discussion with assistance from David Sick.]
I. de Jong: "Homer and Narratology," in A New Companion to Homer, edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997), pp.305-325.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Kenny Morrell will lead the discussion with assistance from Jim Morrison.] / ACS Tech Center
5:30-7:30 PM / Dinner / McCombs Residential Rm. 131 (Hospitality Suite)
7:30-9:00 PM / Fifth Session: Lecture Topics and Discussion Questions: Book 9
• Work on the study questions for weeks 5 through 8
1.
2. Week 5: Iliad 9.1-172 Iliad 9.1-113
3. Week 6: Iliad 9.173-343 Iliad 9.173-272
4. Week 7: Iliad 9.344-542 Iliad 9.344-443
5. Week 8: Iliad 9.543-713 Iliad 9.543-642 / ACS Tech Center
Friday, 6/6/03
7:30-8:15 AM / Breakfast / McCombs Residential Rm. 131 (Hospitality Suite)8:30-10:00 AM / First Session: Oral poetry and Performance [146]
Gregory Nagy, ìAn Evolutionary Model for the Making of Homeric Poetry,î in The Ages of Homer, edited by Jane B. Carter and Sarah P. Morris (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995), pp. 163-179. Reprinted in G. Nagy, Homeric Questions (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996), pp. 29-63.
• Available online at www. stoa.org: http://www.stoa.org/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Stoa%3Atext%3A2001.06.0002&query=head%3D%233 .
[Susanne Hofstra will lead the discussion with the assistance of Kenny Morrell.]
Gregory Nagy, "Homer and the Evolution of a Homeric Text," in Homeric Questions (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996), pp.65-112.
• Available online at www. stoa.org: http://www.stoa.org/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Stoa%3Atext%3A2001.06.0002&query=head%3D%234 .
[Jim Morrison will lead the discussion with the assistance of Walt Stevenson.]
M. Finkelberg, "The Cypria, the Iliad, and the Problem of Multiformity in Oral and Written Tradition," CP 95 (2000) : 1-11.
[Keyne Cheshire will lead the discussion with the asssistance of Hal Haskell.]
J. M. Foley, "Death, Honor, and Peace in Iliad 24," in Immanent Art: From Structure to Meaning in Traditional Oral Epic (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991), pp.135-189.
• Pages 135-175
• Pages 176-189 and bibliography
[David Sick will lead the discussion with the assistance of Steve Clark.] / ACS Tech Center
10:00-10:30 AM / Break / ACS Office Rm. 201
10:30-12:00 PM / Second Session: Iliad 1, 9, and 24 [236]
Leonard Muellner, ìThe MÍnis of Achilles and the First Book of the Iliad,î in The Anger of Achilles: MÍnis in Greek Epic (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996), pp. 94-175.
• Pages 94-132
• Pages 133-175
• Bibliography
[Walt Stevenson will lead the discussion with the assistance of Jim Morrison.]
Michael Lynn-George, ìThe Epic Theatre: the Language of Achilles,î in Epos, Word, Narrative and the Iliad (Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press International, Inc., 1988), pp. 50-140.
• Pages 50-92
• Pages 93-122
• Pages 123-152 and notes
[Kenny Morrell will lead the discussion with the assistance of Rebecca Davis.]
R. J. Rabel, "Books 18-24: Plot and Subplot Converge," in Plot and Point of View in the Iliad (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997), pp.163-210.
• Pages 163-201
• Pages 202-210 and bibliography
[Hal Haskell will lead the discussion with the assistance of Keyne Cheshire.]
K. Crotty, "Memory and Supplication," in The Poetics of Supplication: Homerís Iliad and Odyssey (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1994), pp. 70-88.
• The Poetics of Supplication: bibliography
[Steve Clark will lead the discussion with the assistance of Susanne Hofstra.] / ACS Tech Center
12:00-1:30 PM / Lunch / McCombs Dining
1:30-3:00 PM / Third Session: Lecture Topics and Discussion Questions: Book 24
• Work on the study questions for weeks 9 through 12
1.
2. Week 9: Iliad 24.1-199 Iliad 24.1-119
3. Week 10: Iliad 24.200-404 Iliad 24.200-312
4. Week 11: Iliad 24.405-598 Iliad 24.405-521
5. Week 12: Iliad 24.599-804 Iliad 24.599-724 / ACS Tech Center
3:00-3:30 PM / Break / ACS Office Rm. 201
3:30-5:30 PM / Fourth Session: Overview and Final Preparations: Lectures and Schedule
• Discussion of the lecture topics and lecturers
• Setting the calendar for midterm and final essay examinations / ACS Tech Center
6:00 PM / Depart from McCombs Residential, Rm. 131 for Restaurant / Walburg Mercantile
Saturday, 6/7/03