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.
Tag Archives: Iliad
Lit vs. the Evils of History–More Debate
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alexander the Great, Don Quixote, Homer, Miguel de Cervantes, politics, W. H. Auden Comments closed
Plato Anxious about Lit’s Pyschic Impact
Plato’s complaints about literature show up in censorship battles today. They testify to power of literature to invite imitation.
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In Praise of the Liberal Arts
NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof recently sang the praises of the liberal arts and talked about the vital importance of literature.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ernest Hemingway, Homer, Jhumpa Lahiri, Khaled Hosseini, Liberal arts education, Odyssey, Old Man and the Sea, Toni Morrison Comments closed
Warning Labels for the Classics
Suggestions that certain classics come with “trigger warnings” leads of the following reflection.
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JFK as Ancient Greek Hero
Ancient Greek literature provides us with a power lens through which to examine the John F. Kennedy assassination.
Manning vs. Brady, Hector vs. Achilles
Once again Manning and Brady square off, reminding us of Achilles and Hector.
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The Iliad and Higher Ed’s MOOCish Future
MOOCs–Massive Open On-line Courses–can never teach lit as well as small classes.
Antigone Would Bury Boston Bomber
Sophocles and Homer present compelling cases for granting full funeral rights to the Boston Marathon bomber.
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Will Kevin Durant Suffer Akhilleus’s Fate?
Kevin Durant is like Akhilleus. In more ways than one.
