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Foreign Lit/Classics, 3/02, Period 2

"Hello.

As we discussed Monday, you should turn in the written portions of your midterms today. They are to be critical reactions to the appropriate readings, 100 words for Classics students, 200 words for Foreign Literature.

Miss Santos, Mr. Dane, and Miss Bristow, you have been granted extensions to the end of break to complete these. Email them to me by March 10.

After you have turned in your papers, you may watch a film.

I will see you on the 13th, when Classics students will begin studying Latin and literature students will commence reading Asian literature."
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Re: Sign in, Classics/Foreign Lit, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-02 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Nadia signed in for Foreign Lit. She's actually moderately surprised that she made it to class today.
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-02 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Watching a movie is exactly what the doctor ordered. Even if it does require a bit more concentration to read the English subtitles than she necessarily wanted it to.

Alas, she does fall asleep about twenty minutes in.

Re: Sign in, Classics/Foreign Lit, 3/2

[identity profile] cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com 2006-03-02 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Anders signs in for Classics.

Re: Movie time, 3/2

[identity profile] cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com 2006-03-02 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Anders watches the movie. Sort of. He's totally lost because he has no idea what anybody is saying, and the subtitles go a little bit too fast for him to follow.

The colors are pretty, though.
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Re: Sign in, Classics/Foreign Lit, 3/2

[personal profile] janet_fraiser 2006-03-02 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Janet signed in for Classics.
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Re: Midterms, Classics/Foreign Lit

[personal profile] janet_fraiser 2006-03-02 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
The Odyssey was written by Homer. While today's Odyssey is usually a printed text, the original poem was an oral composition sung by a trained bard, in an amalgamated Ancient Greek dialect, using a regular metrical pattern called dactylic hexameter. Each line of the original Greek was composed of six feet; each foot a dactyl or a spondee. Among the most impressive elements of the text are its strikingly modern non-linear plot, and its elevation of the status of women and the lower classes. In the English language as well as many others, the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage.


((OOC: C&P from Wiki.))
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] janet_fraiser 2006-03-02 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Janet watched the film, and started thinking about learning a European language instead of focusing solely on ancient languages.

Maybe Liz would get here soon and she could ask her if the subtitles were accurate.

Re: Sign in, Classics/Foreign Lit, 3/2

[identity profile] ihatedenmark.livejournal.com 2006-03-02 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
*Hamlet signs in, glad to have an extension on the midterm work.*

Re: Movie time, 3/2

[identity profile] ihatedenmark.livejournal.com 2006-03-02 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Hamlet watches the movie. He doesn't quite get everything because the subtitles are fast and the spoken French faster, but he gets the gist of it. He's also very glad that his dead Father's never talked to him in the form os a piggy lamp or an album of ripped-up pictures of weirdos.

Re: Midterms, Classics/Foreign Lit

[identity profile] cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com 2006-03-02 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
If the Theogony is about anything, it is about birth, the "birth of the gods" which is what the title means. In this early creation-time, the gods are synonymous with the universe (cosmos) and the order of the universe (cosmos). Yet throughout the Theogony, the gods behave in a most disorderly fashion. Why is this? There are many interesting answers to this question, but here's a start. The poem presents the creation of the gods and the universe and the consolidation of the gods' power as a struggle between fathers and sons and between male force and female birth.

[[Source: http://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/Hesiod2.htm]]
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-02 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mrpphrggle." Nadia mutters, then cracks open an eye. "Hm?"
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-02 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Nadia's eyes widened slightly. Sleeping in Dream's class . . . she shuddered slightly. "Thanks."
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-02 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Nadia rubbed at her head slightly. "Okay, I guess. You?"
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-02 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Me too. He seemed really upset about what happened." Nadia picked her head up slightly. "I don't really remember all of it, but I don't think it was his fault."
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-02 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Nadia frowned. "At least you did 'kick ass'. I was pretty useless."
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-02 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Nadia wasn't about to admit that as far as she could remember, she had just fallen over and hit her head. Of course, Sydney could be right. The details of the fight were pretty fuzzy. "I think I got one. I'm not really sure."
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-03 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Nadia smiled back a little weakly. It was nice of everyone to say so, but after fighting the snow monsters and the monsters at Jack's birthday party, she rather felt that she should have taken care of more than one robot. "I guess. Um, thanks for . . . helping me out." She frowned. "You were one of the ones who saved me, right? I think I remember you being there, but . . . ." She shrugged.
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-03 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Nadia shuddered slightly. "There was? That's . . . really creepy." She rubbed her eyes. "Now I'll never have normal dreams." She smiled to show she was joking . . . mostly. "At least everyone's okay."
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-03 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Nadia frowned. "I don't. I speak Spanish and English, and some Russian."
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-03 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Nadia tensed automatically, even as she remained confused. "What? That's silly. I-I don't. . . ." She rubbed at her head again. "I really said that?"
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Re: Movie time, 3/2

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-03-03 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
"I-I don't know. It sounds a little familiar, but," she hugged herself. "That's really weird."

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