Friday, January 25th

For today you have read Book 1 of The Iliad. 

1. With your notes, you will need to get together with a partner and construct a TIMELINE of the most significant plot events that occur in Book 1 of The Iliad. 

Start with:                                                                     End with:
__________________________________________________
      |                                                                                        |
Homer asks                                                                        Achilles
for the inspiration                                                               refuses to
from the Muses                                                         submit to Agamemnon

2. When doing analysis of literature, one of the earliest ways to start analysis is by examining how the text functions through its GENRE. This is where we think about how does the set structure inform the way the text functions or is presented.

Genre: Type or category.

The Iliad falls into the EPIC genre.

Please read through and take notes on the EPIC STRUCTURE... Found HERE: EPIC Genre NOTES

Have these into your notes by when you come into class on FRIDAY, January 25th.