Dear Cinemythologists,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Tuesday, November 10, we continue our unit on the Trojan War, and with an emphasis on the so-called small screen. Please do the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
VIEWING<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Streaming on Netflix. Take notes as you see fit, perhaps on what becomes possible when the Trojan Saga is turned into serial television, versus a movie. We can’t watch it all, so here we’ll focus on events precipitating the Trojan War and on events on the periphery of the Iliad<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n !!CONTENT ADVISORY!! Depictions of sexuality (throughout) and rape (in Ep. 4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n READING<\/p>\n\n\n\n We’ve alluded to the Epic Cycle, a massive collocation of epic hexameter poetry. whose origins lie in the Bronze Age, and which were given textual shape in the 8th century and onwards. Here’s an article (via Oxford Reference) that describes all of the poems in the Cycle. Of these, the Cypria<\/em> has the most bearing on Episode 1 of TFOAC<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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