Hello All!
I will be working in a group with Marie and Marina.
For our A6 project we have chosen to focus on the The Odyssey. A thematic presence that was influential in the work was the relationship between Odysseus and Telémakhos. All of the works that we have read this semester possess themes having to do with greater epistemological questions but at the core of any work is the human element. We all agreed that this relationship is a universal complication, and the universality of a work is something that enables readers of various geographical locations, ethnic backgrounds, and time periods to appreciate a piece of literature.
Additionally, we wanted to sort of fill in the cracks that come with the Odyssey. As far as epistemological problems go, the majority of the knowledge that we obtain in the epic is obtained vicariously. Only with the advent of the novel in the eighteenth century were readers offered an extended first-person character perspective. Additionally, only Odysseus' story of what happened in-between The Iliad and The Odyssey is conveyed in the latter epic, so we wanted to fill readers in with what happened to a young Telémakhos as he pondered his father and himself during his boyhood.
We have chosen to compose letters at various points in Telémakhos' life to his father Odysseus. All of the letters will relate to a major issue that he voices at some point in the epic, which we will illuminate the reader to with a quote. I would like to note that we're not just randomly writing and turning in these letters, they're going to be handwritten and look like they have come from Telémakhos himself (and from the days of Ancient Greece).
"they're going to be handwritten and look like they have come from Telémakhos himself (and from the days of Ancient Greece)." -- Are you writing them in Greek? =) Also, be sure to take high-res scans of the letters so that I can keep them forever!
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