ReadingreflectiononHomersOdyssey荷马史诗奥德赛英文读后感Word格式.docx
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1.1Introductiontotheessay
2.0Homer,theauthor
2.1ArgumentsandresearchontheidentityofHomer
2.1.1Thename“Homer”anditsmeaning
2.1.2Homer’soccupation
2.2WorksattributedtoHomer
2.3TheconceptofHomer’sepicpoetries
2.4Homericdialect
2.5ThehistoricalvalueofHomer’sepicpoetries
3.0Synopsis
3.1Background
3.2Odysseus,thehero
3.3Structure
3.4Thehero’sjourney
3.4.1Ordinaryworld
3.4.2Calltoadventure
3.4.3Ideologicalstruggle
Wearegiventheimageofa"
blind,beggingsingerwhohangsaroundwithlittlepeople:
shoemakers,fisherman,potters,sailors,elderlymeninthegatheringplacesofharbourtolwns"
.Scholarsaredividedastowhichcategory,ifany,thecourtsingerorthewanderingminstrel,thehistoric"
Homer"
belonged.
ItiswildlyrecognizedthatOdysseyandIliadaretraditionallyascribedtoHomer.InspiteofIliadandOdyssey,someepicsaresaidbelongingtohim.However,thispointofviewhasn’tbeenidentified.AccordingAristotle’sownperspective,there’sstilltwoextantworkswhicharecreatedbyHomer,meaningasatiricpoetryandBatrachomyomachi(Greek,whichmeansthebattlebetweenfrogandmice).
Homer’sepicsincludeIliadandOdyssey,whicharebothsaidtobeHomer’swork.Thethemesoftwoepicsfocusonsingingthepraiseoftheheroesinclansociety.ThekeynoteofIliadregardswarasajustifiableandgloriousevent.Simultaneously,thepoetrydescribesthecrueltyofwarvaguely.Inthisdegree,Iliaddenouncedthenegativeeffectonwhichmayhavetotheinnocentsocialclass.
ThelanguageusedbyHomerisanarchaicversionofIonicGreek,withadmixturesfromcertainotherdialects,suchasAeolicGreek.ItlaterservedasthebasisofEpicGreek,thelanguageofepicpoetry,typicallyindactylichexameter.
2.5ThehistoricalvalueofHomer’sepicpoetries
Inoneaspect,thehomer’sepicpoetriesarebasedontheresoundsoftheverballiterature.Thus,theoriginalcharactershavebeenpreservedwell,andwhichareembodiedespeciallyintheauthenticityofancientculture.ThosetwogiantworksalsobecomestrongproofsaboutthehighlyprosperousculturearoundtheMediterraneandistrict.
Homer’sepicpoetriesareamongthebestliteraturesthathaveinearlyEuropeanhistory.IliadandOdysseyhavebeenprovedtobetheprimarysourcestostudythelifethatpeoplehaveinprehistorytime.
Onthehandofthecreativeartsthathaveinbothtwotremendouswork,romanticismandrealismhavebeenfoundused.ThoughGreekmythologyoccupieslargespaceinthepoetries,theportrayalsofcrucialwararetruereflectionofpeople’slives.Meantime,thehighlygeneralfactsareexpressedbythevividcharacterizationaswellastherevealingoftheinnerworldofthefigures.
Homer’sepicpoetriesgivereadersgreatartistictreats.Furthermore,itisundoubtedlyamilestonethatwillerectforeverinthehistoryoftheworld’sliterature.
3.1Background
Iliad,asthepreludeofOdyssey,startsitsstoryaftertheninthyearoftheTrojanWar.
TheOdysseybeginstenyearsaftertheendoftheten-yearTrojanWar.ForthesakeofOdysseyhasstabbedPolypheme’seyeswhosefartherisPoseidon,thegodofthesea,OdysseushasbeendelayedbyPoseidon’scensureandstillnotreturnedhomefromthewar.Odysseus'
sonTelemachusistwentyandissharinghisabsentfather’shouseontheislandofIthacawithhismotherPenelopeandacrowdof108boisterousyoungmen,"
theSuitors"
whoseaimistopersuadePenelopetomarryoneofthem,allthewhileenjoyingthehospitalityofOdysseus'
householdandeatinguphiswealth.
3.2Odysseus,thehero
3.2.1Parentageandname
Astotheparentage,accordingtoOdyssey,hisfatherisLaertesandhismotherisAnticleia,althoughtherewasanon-HomerictraditionthatSisyphuswashistruefather.
ThenameOdysseusisderivedfromtheverboussomai,whichmeans“tobewrothagainst”.HeisalsoknownasUlyssesinLatin.
3.2.2CharactersofOdysseus
OdysseusisoneofthefirstGreekmythicheroesrenownedforhisbrainaswellashismuscles.Indeedheisamanwithinquiringmind,andheisalsoamanwithoutstandingprowessandbravery.
IntheIliad,OdysseuswasoneofthemostinfluentialGreekchampionsduringtheTrojanWar.Odysseusisfrequentlyviewedasamanofthemean,renownedforhisself-restraintanddiplomaticskills.
3.3Structure
Intheperspectiveofwritingstructure,thefirst13volumesfocusonthetenyearsofsufferingthatOdysseushadhad.ThestorystartsfromthediscussionthatgodshaveonMountOlympusabouthisfate.The