Epic Poetry in the Western Tradition 92nd Street Y New York City Manhattan - United States Social Sun 14 Oct 2007
2007
October 2007
Sunday 14 October 2007
Sun 14 Oct. 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128. 212-415-5500. 92nd Street Y - [email][events]
Epic Poetry in the Western Tradition: The Shaping and Reshaping of the Question Ori Z. Soltes From the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Iliad and the Odyssey to the Aeneid; from Beowulf and the Chanson de Roland to Dante; from Tasso and Milton to Kazantsakis’ The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel and Derek Walcott’s Omeros, travel a literary path that twists between life and death and the ultimate questions of human existence. Human irony, tragedy and nobility. The Epic of Gilgamesh and the question of human immortality. The rearticulation of the question in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Date & Time: Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 10:00am-2:00pm Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Directions Code: T-LH5HS03-01 Price: $50.00