ENG150Y1- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 98 pages long!)
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English lecture 1 09/16/2015: cognitive revolution: the emergence of new ways of thinking and communicating between 70 000 and 30 000 bce. Lecture outline: tradition as transmission: oral vs. Written transmission: translation: the iliad as greek epic poetry, (back) story and epic narrative, honour, honour and dishonour in the iliad, tradition as transmission: oral versus written transmission. Stories as collective memory or history: a way of telling a story from memory. Stories as social activity: composition and listening: a way of telling a story so that people are more likely to listen. Peleus" son; achilleus of the swift feet; swift-footed (means. For examples of different translations of the greek original into english, see pages 55-64 of richard martin"s introduction to lattimore"s translation. Iliad were known to its audience: the judgement of paris is crucial because it explains the hostility of.
