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Article: Homer's odyssey as serious classroom entertainment.
- Article from:
- Academic Exchange Quarterly
- Article date:
- March 22, 2007
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Abstract
Increasingly, few sophomore-level literature surveys include Homer's epics among required readings, partly because of students' lack of enthusiasm for the material. Using a cultural approach to teaching Homer's Odyssey, coupled with essential tenets of phenomenology that foreground the aesthetics of reading, opens classroom discussions to serious topics. Such an approach enhances the entertainment level of literary texts while honing students' critical reading skills, and it shows students the relevance of literature to their lives.
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