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