Classical Studies Program Presents
Layered Visions, Voices, and Temporalities: The Homeric Hero’s Body in Alice Oswald’s Memorial
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Olin 301
5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Emily Allen-Hornblower
Associate Professor of Classics, Director of Undergraduate Studies; Rutgers University
This lecture will discuss Alice Oswald’s recent work of poetry, Memorial: A Version of Homer’s Iliad (UK 2011, US 2012). I propose to examine how Oswald engages with—but also strays from—her Homeric model in her depictions of death on the battlefield. Oswald’s supple poetic voice deliberately challenges the motif of the glorious death of the hero by mingling together different visions, voices, and temporalities in her retelling of the heroes’ individual stories at the time of their demise, in a manner that gives pride of place to the pain, loss, and destruction that attend their downfall.Associate Professor of Classics, Director of Undergraduate Studies; Rutgers University
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Time: 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Olin 301