HUMAN 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Iliad, Techne, Pathos
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Aspects of poetic techne: eloquence: rhetorical force and verbal form, pathos: the orchestration of feeling, design: narrative pattern and conceptual structure. Artifact: made thing (from arte and facere, specific form/shape, has purpose/function, has meaning. 745-752: artifactuality, the madeness of the made thing. Material culture of the iliad: sword hilt, mycenae (13th century bce, shield, crete (8th century bce) expressive, externalize fear of user and put it upon their enemy. Sonnet 55 (1609: not marble, nor of your memory . Ekphrasis: verbal depiction of a work of visual art: iliad 18. 558-564: raises question of function, hephaestus armor is to marvel at, splendor of armor, hephaestus blacksmith, makes immortal image. 547-557: principles of structuralization, design of the world in the iliad, middle has constellations/represents the beginning, around is two mortal cities. Images of troy and achaea: iliad 6. 228-283: where the sons their wedded wives : iliad 18.
