Western literature note week 5

ü  in medias res: Likely original to the oral tradition, the narrative technique of beginning a story in medias res is a stylistic convention of epic poetry, the exemplar in Western literature being the Iliad (9th century BC) and the Odyssey (9th century BC), by Homer.

ü  解釋名詞: what is this, what is this for, for example

ü  Iliad is based on Achilles’ Rage.

ü  Odyssey is based on Odysseus’ journey (wondering hero)

ü  Invocation, ask God to help me,(prayer).

ü  flashback

ü  foreshadowing

ü  Europa, the origin of Europe.

ü  bull 公牛 heifer 母牛

ü  Argus(Hera’s pawn) stares at the heifer, then Hermes(From Zeus) kill him.(Argus→孔雀)

ü  Uranus 七隻小羊的故事來源

ü  Athena 貓頭鷹=智慧的來源

ü  Jupiter(Zeus) 木星、玩雷電 + Hera

ü  the Titans 眾神

ü  Prometheus 在人間發展勢力，被Zeus鎖在高加索山(吃肝)

ü  Zeus sent Pandora (盒子=瘟疫)

ü  Salome made John die, she is also called fatal womon.(omen)