HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Odysseus, Sea Monster, Dactylic Hexameter
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We do not know who homer is or whether he existed. Doubts and debates of the existence of homer"s work. Herodotus estimated that he lives around 850 bc. This was an oral tradition, no written records. Either the bard/author of the poem or the performer. Milman - said that homer inherited from his predecessors a bunch of bards throughout the centuries, fixed expressions called formulas, a formulaic expression. A formulaic expression a group of words that is regularly employed under the same metrical conditions to express a given idea. Albert lord believed that the poems were created and modified his poems as they performed them. Anybody who stands up and performed the odyssey, created the odyssey. Benefits: emphasis on the improvisation of the poems. Metaphor doesn"t include like or as or resembles. Simile includes like or as or resembles. Creating a rich imagery by comparing 2 things.
