Jennifer Deal
Mr. Houston
ENG 273 02
8 September 2016
Class Notes
-Read Gilgamesh 94-113 for Thurs 9/10
-Free re-do for short critique paper if you didn’t pass
-How to view comments for critique paper/assignments
-Moodle
-Turn it in voice comments
-Find Assignment
-Click blue pencil
Comparing Creation Stories
-Etiological Myths – Greek
-Story that explains how things came to be and why
-Gilgamesh Preview
-Urban vs Rural
-Power – who is in charge
-Mortality – Death?
-Lots of repetition
-3 broad sections – Creation/origin, Friends = adventure, I’m going to die
-Read the Parable of the Old Man and the Young
-Rate understanding:1-10
-Groups to discuss: Biographical Context, Literary Context, Historical context
-Wilfred Owen – Biographical
-Born 1893
-English
-Soldier WW
-Died just before end of war
-Taught in France
Historical
-War poems – well known
-1/2 the seed of Europe one by one – war?
-Parapets and trenches
-Old men
Literary
-Ram – pride?
-The more we know about history, culture, events……the more we know/understand about these
ancient readings.
-Interpret: This is a poem about
-Discovering
-The conflict between
-Portraying people as
-Learning
-The problem with
-What happens when?
-Critique
- What do you think?
-What are your feelings?