https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1 en-us 2023-10-13 07:52:44 UTC 2023-10-13 12:42:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f913.png olivereccles1 https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2744878215 A book about cultural encounters

A book of cultural encounters]]> 2023-10-13 07:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2744878215 https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745067501 2023-10-13 11:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745067501 https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745068210 inter-textuality between Homer's Odyssey but re-imagined from Penelope's perspective with the 12 murdered serving maids forming a chorus. ]]> 2023-10-13 11:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745068210 https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745068930 has been consistently translated with religion in mind. Christianity is still prevalent and practised. However The odyssey, although perhaps seen once as a religious book and understood in ancient Greece as such, has since became a non-religious text and it's various translations reflect that.

]]> 2023-10-13 11:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745068930 https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745069069 - epic poetry 
- morally ambiguous protagonist (personally, I believe Satan is the protagonist of Paradise lost)
- Telemachus and the Son being 'moral beings' 
- G-d and Poseidon being depicted as infantile and vengeful characters ]]> 2023-10-13 11:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745069069 olivereccles1 https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745073340 Othello shows the cultural encounter between Othello and Venetians. He is manipulated by Iago who uses Othello's cultural differences to push him into killing his wife as he warps his understanding of Venetian cultures.

This is quite similar to The Odyssey in that they show how Odysseus uses the cultural difference to his gain such as with his encounter with the cyclops.]]> 2023-10-13 11:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745073340 https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745074202 - Emily Wilson translation + the numerous translations of the text into modern Greek etc. where grammatical structures/punctuation may differ from the original ]]> 2023-10-13 11:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745074202 https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745074990 - boy travels a bunch, becomes a man (eventually)
- similarities with Telemachus, also has a duplicitous father
- never able to return home (as told in Eragon's fate)
- reliance upon Xenia to carry out his quest
- def more moral than Odysseus 
- pretty fantastical 
- frequently misunderstands different cultures and imposes value judgements but usually these experiences lead to greater understanding and compassion (Urgals = cyclops?)
- xenophobia becomes xenophilia
- shows both importance and mundanity of intercultural relations/diplomacy]]> 2023-10-13 11:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/litc0001/fw5c6w0bsyc5r2x1/wish/2745074990