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1、ReadingreflectiononHomer’sOdysseyContents1.0Introduction1.1Introductiontotheessay2.0Homer,theauthor2.1ArgumentsandresearchontheidentityofHomer2.1.1Thename“Homer”anditsmeaning2.1.2Homer’soccupation2.2WorksattributedtoHomer2.3TheconceptofHomer’sepicpoetries2.4Homeri
2、cdialect2.5ThehistoricalvalueofHomer’sepicpoetries3.0Synopsis3.1Background3.2Odysseus,thehero3.3Structure3.4Thehero’sjourney3.4.1Ordinaryworld3.4.2Calltoadventure3.4.3Ideologicalstruggle3.4.4Mentor3.4.5Tribulation3.4.6Revenge3.4.7ReturnwiththeElixirandreward4.0Eva
3、luationandimpactofthework4.1Evaluationfromfamouspeople4.2Impactonfutureliterature5.0ReadingreflectionsaboutOdyssey3.1ThemesofOdyssey3.2Conceptsthatelucidatefromthework3.3Appealingforreading1.0Introduction1.1IntroductiontotheessayEpic,accordingwikipedia’sdescriptio
4、n,isalengthynarrativepoem,ordinarilyconcerningaserioussubjectcontainingdetailsofheroicdeedsandeventssignificanttoacultureornation.Basedonoralpoetry,epicshavebeenwrittendownatleastsincetheworksofVirgil,DanteAlighieri,andJohnMilton,Beowulfisoneofthemostlywell-knownp
5、ieces.Inthisessay,anotherfamousepicwillbethecenterthatdiscussed,andthatisHomer’sOdyssey.2.0Homer,theauthor2.1ArgumentsandresearchontheidentityofHomer2.1.1Thename“Homer”anditsmeaningAlthough“Homer”isaGreekname,attestedinAeolic-speakingareas,nothingdefiniteisknownof
6、him.Thepoet'snameishomophonouswithὅμηρος(hómēros),meaning,generally,"hostage"(or"surety"),longunderstoodas"hewhoaccompanies;hewhoisforcedtofollow",or,insomedialects,"blind".2.1.2Homer’soccupationTheAncientLivesdepictHomerasawanderingminstrel,muchlikeThamyrisorHesi
7、od,whowalkedasfarasChalkistosingatthefuneralgamesofAmphidams.Wearegiventheimageofa"blind,beggingsingerwhohangsaroundwithlittlepeople:shoemakers,fisherman,potters,sailors,elderlymeninthegatheringplacesofharbourtolwns".Scholarsaredividedastowhichcategory,ifany,theco
8、urtsingerorthewanderingminstrel,thehistoric"Homer"belonged.2.2WorksattributedtoHomerItiswildlyrecognizedthatOdysseyandIliadaretraditionallyascribedtoHom
