ENG150Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter all: Eric Bana, Iliad, Cheyenne Military Societies
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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. Each phrase is different but represents the same thing because each transmission would pick the term that best fit that metre at that time. For examples of different translations of the greek original into english, see pages 55-64 of richard martin"s introduction to lattimore"s translation.
