allusions
As I teach Greek Mythology Light, I learn that everything my students know about mythology comes from:
Though I'd never heard of it before, I picked up God of War over Memorial Day weekend and spent the better part of Saturday trying to kill a hydra. The game is gratuitously violent, unsuitable for kids under 17, and terribly fun.
For that matter, so is Homer. I tried to explain to my students why it's still worth reading when you already know the story. The best I could do was to liken his language to the special effects in a movie. It's not enough to know that the car explodes; you want to see the gritty details of the fire and watch the shards of glass flying through the air. After all, there's a poetry in it. In the fifth reading of the story of the Cyclops, I still caught a new detail: When Polyphemus passes out drunk, he drools little bits of men that he has just eaten.
posted by Jessica @ 9:24 PM
5 Comments:
I love the comparison of language to special effects. I'll have to remember that for next year.
You is on the same wavelength as me, was about to blog on GOD OF WAR, which is the new nickname I insist Eva-Jane calls me.
Eva-Jane and the God of War sounds like an excellent show.
Indeed, need some fool to commission it!
I had hoped that I could refresh my mythological knowledge - unfortunatelly God of War is not available for PC/Windows .... I fear I have to settle for Homer after all. What was his last name? Simpson?
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