Portfolios Due; Gilgamesh Project

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This morning please work on:
A. Your portfolio. Prepare and complete your portfolio. They are due today. Remember to proofread as well! Grammar counts! 
B. Read your chosen chapter of Gilgamesh. Summarize the main plot points/details about Gilgamesh's journey. 
Period 2:

Gilgamesh (Crash Course)

Characteristics of Epics
  • Great length (obviously longer than a dithyramb (choral song), ode, lyric, narrative, or dramatic poem) 
  • Dignified tone & elevated style (the tone is often formal; the diction often metaphoric or figurative)
  • Deal with a single person; a certain, specific people; or the history of a race in a period of crisis
  • Supernatural events and characters (often Gods and Goddesses and/or monsters)
  • The epic often includes a contradiction between society values and the individual
  • There is often a flashback to past problems that also foreshadow events to come
  • The deeds of the hero in an epic affirm both the individuality of the hero and the collective consciousness of the society.
  • Primary epics were originally composed to be sung and later written down (i.e, Homer, Beowulf, etc.)
  • Secondary epics were originally written to be read (i.e, Milton’s Paradise Lost)
  • Mock epics poke fun at the form (i.e., The Rape of the Lock)
Gilgamesh Task:

Work with your chapter partner to draw a comic book or sketch a mind-map or concept map of Gilgamesh's journey for that chapter. Be prepared to summarize key events in the chapter with the class and to apply Joseph Campbell and Jungian archetypes to your reading as a way to "unlock" the chapter's mysteries and structure. You may use any of the following programs to help you:

HOMEWORK: None.

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