Ia. 3-5 secondary sources or theoretical works<\/b><\/p>\n
Alexandra, Kate. \u201cThe Problem with Greek Myth Retellings.\u201d <\/span>Youtube<\/span><\/i>, 24 April 2024, <\/span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7tL3Pbc_zhU&t=3s<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Carson, Anne. \u201cIntroduction: Elektra.\u201d <\/span>An Oresteia<\/span><\/i>. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009, pp. 77-83.<\/span><\/p>\n Porter, James I. \u201cReception Studies: Future Prospects.\u201d <\/span>A Companion to Classical Receptions<\/span><\/i>, edited by Lorna Hardwick and Christopher Stray, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n Rich, Adrienne. \u201cWhen We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision.\u201d <\/span>On Lies, Secrets, and Silence,<\/span><\/i> Norton, 1995, pp. 33-49.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Spacciante, Valeria. \u201cCirce, the female hero. First person narrative and power in Madeline Miller\u2019s <\/span>Circe.\u201d Classical Receptions Journal<\/span><\/i>, vol. 16, 2024, Oxford University Press, pp. 405-418.<\/span><\/p>\n Suzuki, Mihoko. \u201cRewriting the \u2018Odyssey\u2019 in the Twenty-First Century: Mary Zimmerman\u2019s \u2018Odyssey\u2019 and Margaret Atwood\u2019s \u2018Penelopiad.\u2019\u201d <\/span>College Literature<\/span><\/i>, vol. 34, no. 2, 2007, pp. 263\u201378.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Szmigiero, Katarzyna. \u201cReflexivity and New Metanarratives. Contemporary English-language Retellings of Classical Mythology.\u201d <\/span>Discourses on Culture<\/span><\/i>, vol. 20, no. 1, Dec. 2023, pp. 85-108.<\/span><\/p>\n Tatum, James. \u201cA Real Short Introduction to Classical Reception Theory.\u201d <\/span>A Journal of Humanities and the Classics,<\/span><\/i> vol. 22, no. 2, Fall 2014, Trustees of Boston University, pp. 75-96.<\/span><\/p>\n Zajko, Vanda. \u201c\u2018What Difference Was Made?\u2019: Feminist Models of Reception.\u201d <\/span>A Companion to Classical Receptions<\/span><\/i>, edited by Lorna Hardwick and Christopher Stray, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2008. <\/span><\/p>\n Ib. <\/b>Primary sources<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Aeschylus. <\/span>The Oresteia<\/span><\/i>. Translated by Ted Huge, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n Atwood, Margaret. <\/span>The Penelopiad<\/span><\/i>. Canongate Books, 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Barker, Pat. <\/span>The Voyage Home<\/span><\/i>. Penguin Books, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n Casati, Costanza. <\/span>Clytemnestra<\/span><\/i>. Sourcebooks Landmark, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Haynes, Natalie.<\/span> A Thousand Ships.<\/span><\/i> Harper Collins, 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Homer. <\/span>The Odyssey<\/span><\/i>. Translated by Emily Wilson, W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n Saint, Jennifer. <\/span>Elektra<\/span><\/i>. Flatiron Books, 2022. <\/span><\/p>\n II. One academic journal<\/b><\/p>\n Classical Receptions Journal,<\/span><\/i> published by Oxford University Press. <\/span><\/p>\n * I checked <\/span>the 2019-2024 issues, found only a few articles that were relevant *\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Helios<\/em>, published by Texas Tech University Press.<\/p>\n Reception\/adaptation theory, retelling, feminism<\/span><\/p>\n <\/b>IV. Accompanying essay<\/b><\/p>\n For my thesis, I want to focus on how literature has shaped empires, specifically how many empires have established a Trojan descendance to create a national identity that\u2019s based on a manipulated mythos. By hijacking this story of the Trojan War and manipulating it to their literary needs, authors have made these historical losers into the fathers of empire, whether the Romans, English, or Franks. Right now, my ideas and choices for primary texts are a bit far reaching, so I\u2019d like to explore options and narrow down to what provides the most for close reading.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In most cases, the Trojan ancestor is a refugee, fleeing from the fall of Troy and looking to establish a new home, a <\/span>new<\/span><\/i> Troy. The ancestor is usually a heroic figure (like Aeneas or Brutus) and has a clear value and moral system that reflects what is important to each culture. Furthermore, it may be interesting to see how these texts juxtapose the Trojan hero and his values with the \u2018local\u2019 peoples as a way to justify further colonization and empire. Right now, all I know is I want to look at these stories and their connection to Troy and understand <\/span>why<\/span><\/i> authors did this, and the <\/span>impact<\/span><\/i> it had on the larger conception of each \u2018nation.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n For this reading list, I first spoke with Professor Mastrangelo. We mainly talked about <\/span>The Aeneid<\/span><\/i>, but he recommended two secondary texts of scholarship (Philip Hardie and David Quint) that explore how epic and empire are intertwined. Understandably, we mostly talked about <\/span>The Aeneid<\/span><\/i> and the ways it works to make Aeneas the model Roman, as well as someone quintessentially non-Greek. I then spoke with Professor Kersh to confirm that this was a good route of inquiry, and I finally spoke with Professor Skalak, who really pushed me in the medieval route and introduced me to the term <\/span>translatio imperii<\/span><\/i>, or the medieval concept that the authority of empires is translated from one to another, creating a sort of lineage for the transfer of power.<\/span><\/p>\n I originally thought of exploring the Brutus story in Geoffrey of Monmouth, but Professor Skalak recommended Layamon\u2019s <\/span>Brut<\/span><\/i>, which is an English version of the story. I\u2019m having trouble finding a translation of it from Middle English, but I put an academic article about it on my list to learn more. She also recommended looking at \u2018Trojan sections\u2019 of <\/span>Gawain and the Green Knight <\/span><\/i>and<\/span> Le Morte D\u2019Arthur<\/span><\/i>, which were highly influential in the period. I\u2019m hoping to get a more basic overview of the period and then decide where to dive in.<\/span><\/p>\n My main questions will be: What was <\/span>translatio imperii<\/span><\/i>? How popular and influential was the idea? Why was Troy chosen specifically as the \u2018original\u2019 empire? Why make the \u2018losers\u2019 into your ancestors? How did having precedent\/ancestry give authority to an empire? What\u2019s the significance of this \u2018national literature\u2019 making these connections?<\/span><\/p>\n UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n After some research and realizing my original topic was too large and history-based for this thesis, I have switched my topic to modern feminist mythology retellings. In particular, I have narrowed my scope to one mythological story that includes and highlights multiple women: the Clytemnestra saga, which includes Cassandra and her daughter Elektra and can connect to her cousin Penelope and sister Helen. The texts I have chosen center one of each of these women as the protagonist. This family of women from the time of the Trojan War have been revisited in modern retellings, and I want to know why. Why does the 21st century have an interest in putting previously marginal female characters into the spotlight, and what do they use these myths to say\/reflect on in our own society?<\/span><\/p>\n My plan is to approach these texts and see how accurately and humanly they present these tales: are they anachronistic? Do the women act simply as mouthpieces for modern thought? Are certain women villainized while others revered? What \u2018type\u2019 of woman is seen by a modern audience as worthy of a voice? Are these tales really \u2018feminist\u2019? Furthermore, I want to explore how texts within the same mythological corpus interact with each other: does one portray Cassandra as insane and another as tragic? Is Clytemnestra a complex, understandable character or simply a crazy murder? Is Helen the slut who destroyed Troy or a woman filled with regret? I definitely want to explore the nuances within these texts, both ancient and modern. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ia. 3-5 secondary sources or theoretical works Fulton, Helen. \u201cOrigins and Introductions: Troy and Rome in Medieval British and Irish Writing\u201d in Celts, Romans, Britons: Classical and Celtic Influence in the Construction of British Identities, edited by Francesca Kaminski-Jones and Rhys Kaminski-Jones, Classical Presences, Oxford, 2020. Hardie, Philip. The Last Trojan Hero: A Cultural History … Continue reading UPDATED Reading List: Feminist Retellings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4989,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145914],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2024-blog-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4989"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fulton, Helen. \u201cOrigins and Introductions: Troy and Rome in Medieval British and Irish Writing\u201d in <\/del><\/span>Celts, Romans, Britons: Classical and Celtic Influence in the Construction of British Identities<\/del><\/span><\/i>, edited by Francesca Kaminski-Jones and Rhys Kaminski-Jones, Classical Presences, Oxford, 2020.<\/del><\/span><\/p>\nHardie, Philip. <\/span>The Last Trojan Hero: A Cultural History of Virgil\u2019s Aeneid<\/span><\/i>, London, I.B. Tauris, 2014.<\/span><\/del><\/p>\nQuint, David. <\/span>Epic and Empire: Politics and Generic Form from Virgil to Milton<\/span><\/i>. Princeton University Press, 2021.<\/span><\/del><\/p>\nRajsic, Jaclyn. \u201cThe Brut: Legendary British History\u201d in <\/span>Medieval Historical Writing: Britain and Ireland, 500\u20131500<\/span><\/i>; edited by Jennifer Jahner, Emily Steiner, and Elizabeth M. Tyler, pp. 67-84, 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/del><\/p>\nJournal<\/del><\/span> Vergilius<\/del><\/span><\/i>, published by The Vergilian Society. Accessed at <\/span>https:\/\/www-jstororg.dickinson.idm.oclc.org\/journal\/vergilius195<\/span><\/a><\/del><\/del>9<\/p>\n
III. 1-3 key words\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\nepic, heroes, <\/del><\/span>translatio imperii<\/del><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
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