Two narratives clash on Super Bowl Sunday: the return of the king vs. the aging king that must be overthrown. Is Peyton Manning Odysseus and the Panthers the suitors? Or is he the dragon who must yield to the next generation?
“The Odyssey” looked different to a literature teacher after he taught it to a class of Syrian, Iraqi and Palestinian refugees. Homer’s poem challenges us to open our own hearts to those fleeing persecution and war.
While literature can seem helpless in the face of history’s cataclysms, it proves far more durable than the events that seem to overwhelm it.
A Salon columnist compares Trump to the Cyclops in “The Odyssey.” He has a point.
Plato’s complaints about literature show up in censorship battles today. They testify to power of literature to invite imitation.
Lily King’s “The English Teacher” is filled with literary lllusions, most of them thematically important.
NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof recently sang the praises of the liberal arts and talked about the vital importance of literature.
My loud sneezes, according to Homer, as a sign from the gods.
Lebron’s return to Cleveland is like Odysseus’ return to Ithaka.
