Great Books & Ideas I Fall 2014 -- Mr Furr
Homework Page
Back to Home Page for this course.
I will post all writing assignments on this page.. You should create a 'bookmark' of
your own to this page, so you can go to it without having to first go to the Home Page for
the course.
NOTE: BE SURE TO USE THE PROPER SUBJECT LINE ON ALL HW
ASSIGNMENTS! SEE BOTTOM OF HOME PAGE FOR EXAMPLE!
Be sure to "send a copy to yourself" of ALL
your homework assignments!
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
- For Tuesday, September 9
- send me two emails, from different email servers.
- If you need to do so, see the list of free web-based email providers at the bottom of
our Home Page.
- Make sure that the Subject line of the email messages conforms to the model at the
bottom of our Home Page.
- GET A COPY OF FINLEY, WORLD OF ODYSSEUS. It's in the Bookstore.
I'm not going to give any HW extensions on the assignment for Thursday, Sept. 11, on
Finley Chapters 1-2.
Assignments on Finley, World of Odysseus
M.I Finley, The World of Odysseus, has long been considered one
of the top books in the field of Classical studies.
- Here is a quotation from a post on a Classics mailing list in 1998 (Classics-L; but this
is no longer on line)
"Now when I was in Greece, I asked John Camp what, in his opinion, was the best
single thing to read on the subject of Bronze Age archaeology and the Homeric epics.
Before he could answer, a chorus of Bronze Age archaeologists in the group shouted in
unison, "M.I. Finley's _The World of Odysseus." He didn't gainsay them, so I
assumed that he thought it worthwhile as well, and since *ipsi dixerunt*, I, being a mere
philologist amongst archaeologists, assumed it represented the accepted wisdom on the
subject, at least in American archaeological circles."
- Here are some quotations from a more recent
Classics page:
"After five decades, "The World of Odysseus," the 1954 classic by M.I.
Finley, is still a valuable resource for anyone interested in Homeric Greece, the story of
the Odyssey, ancient morality and hospitality, or appreciating the long catalogue lists in
the Iliad.M.I. Finley's The World of Odysseus is often paired with E.R. Dodds' The
Greeks and the Irrational because both make the Greek world come alive even for those
modern readers who managed to avoid the Classics in school.
The latest (2002) edition of The World of Odysseus is introduced by Bernard Knox
who points out minor shortcomings of Finley's "model," before calling the book a
classic "indispensable to the professional" and "accessible to the general
reader."
- Here is a good page
on the archaeology of the same topic as Finley's book (which is also mentioned positively)
-- what the historical background of Homer's poem is.
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Assignments on Plato, Apology
Homework on the article "I.F. Stone Breaks the Socrates Story":
Homework assignments on Winspear and Silverberg, Who Was Socrates?:
- For Thursday, October 9. NOTE: No class today.
But your HW must be sent to my email address on time.
- For Tuesday, October 14. NOTE: You
have a guest professor today. Come to class! It is the polite thing to do with a guest
professor.
Dr Susana Sotillo is a professor of Linguistics and expert in many things. Do not hesitate
to "pick her brain." And YOU should teach HER about what you have learned about
Plato and Socrates. We will continue that discussion Thursday, when I will be back.
- For Thursday, October 16: Today I returned from Beijing and we
discussed the class. I have now moved the HW assignment for today to Tuesday, Octrober 21,
and moved down all HW assignments after that.
- For Tuesday, October 21
- For Thursday, October 23
Homework assignments on the Higher Criticism of the New Testament.
Homework assignments on Beowulf and Y Gododdin
Thursday, November 27 - Thanksgiving Day! No
class today |
Homework for Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Pardoner's Prolog and Tale"
- For Tuesday, December 2
- For Thursday, December 4
- For Tuesday, December 9: No new reading. Bring "The Pardoner's
Prolog and Tale." I'll bring some additional materials and we'll discuss them. Also,
you will complete the in-class evaluation!
- For Thursday, December 11: This is our last day of class (see the MSU Academic Calendar). We'll
discuss end-of-semester matters. Please attend! There'll be some
important things to talk about, and to do.
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