AGENDA WEEK FOUR
Tuesday, Sept 13
Walking in Music: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon, Lyrics (This song touches on the european mercenaries that participated in the Congo wars of 1966 and 1967) Here is some background info. on the song and the situation it addresses...and a bit about Patty Hearst and the media sensation
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Historians date the completion of the “Iliad” to about 750 B.C. Here is a ballad that tells the story of a battle between Scots and English warriors in 1388 AD, more than 2000 years after the Trojan wars. Notice the similarities. : Otterbourne Traditional (Child Ballad #161, Roud 3293. It is an account of the Scottish victory at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388). Lyrics.
Walking in Music: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon, Lyrics (This song touches on the european mercenaries that participated in the Congo wars of 1966 and 1967) Here is some background info. on the song and the situation it addresses...and a bit about Patty Hearst and the media sensation
Announcements: .
- Reading Assignment one: Iliad: Intro., Chapters 1,3,15,19,22, and 24 (Reaction paper – Sept.20)
- Read synopses of the skipped chapters here:
- The lecture requirement explained - attendance at three lectures or similar events (10 points - all or none). Do not procrastinate. Waiting until weeks thirteen and fourteen to cram in attending three lectures as the end of the semester approaches is courting disaster.
- Begin reading War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning. Students should read the entire book very carefully and consider the points and reflections that Hedge's wiki page presents. (Note, Hedges uses the Iliad a lot in his stories and comments. his perspectives might be useful to you as you work on your Iliad reaction paper).
- “Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."
(Proverbs 26:4) - "The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
- Lecturette/Discussion on Folly, Error, Fall From Grace, Sin, Humility, Pride, Hubris
- Jot down examples of folly and the consequences of folly from the iliad.
- Using your writing, notes and memory of Dead Birds, jot down examples of folly and the consequences of folly in the Dani Culture
- Break into groups as Dr. T directs
- Then
- Exchange Introductions
- Use your writing as a basis for the discussion of folly in the society portrayed in the Iliad, the society portrayed in Dead Birds. Compare and Contrast.
- Reassemble seminar – Discuss
Historians date the completion of the “Iliad” to about 750 B.C. Here is a ballad that tells the story of a battle between Scots and English warriors in 1388 AD, more than 2000 years after the Trojan wars. Notice the similarities. : Otterbourne Traditional (Child Ballad #161, Roud 3293. It is an account of the Scottish victory at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388). Lyrics.
Thursday, Sept 15
Walking in Music: The Lowlands of Holland - The Chieftains and Natalie Merchant, Lyrics or/and
Announcements:(Reaction paper – Sept.20)
Activity
Announcements:
Walking out Music: The Devil's Right Hand - The Highwaymen, Lyrics
Walking in Music: The Lowlands of Holland - The Chieftains and Natalie Merchant, Lyrics or/and
Announcements:(Reaction paper – Sept.20)
Activity
- “Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody possesses it. The human race is not divided up, in the Iliad, into conquered persons, slaves, suppliants, on the one hand, and conquerors and chiefs on the other. In this poem there is not a single man who does not at one time or another have to bow his neck to force.” (Simone Adolphine Weil)
- Select three characters, a man, a woman, and a god, in the Iliad and reflect on
- How they wield force
- How force is wielded upon/against them
- Make notes on your reflections regarding these three characters and force.,
- Select three characters, a man, a woman, and a god, in the Iliad and reflect on
- The instructor will break the class into discussion to converse on the above.
- Each group should also pick a discussion point from the Iliad Wiki page and consider it.
- Reassemble seminar - Discuss connection to Dead Birds, Iliad, etc
Announcements:
Walking out Music: The Devil's Right Hand - The Highwaymen, Lyrics