lit 10-11

ancient epics told of journeys to

the underworld and unexplored world

novelist, playwright, and screen writers have crafted stories about

jpurneys from rural area into big metropolitan areas

Erich Auerbach was a

jewish-german exile living in Istanbul during ww2

what was Erich auerbachs masterpiece

missis, the representation of reality in western literature (1946)

mimesis was a work of

literary citisim

working inly with

primary sources an this personal library and memory

Auerbach traced

the origins of mimetic storytelling all the way back to antiquity starting with homers epics, the oddest

mimetic story telling is

literary representations of the external social world

Abrahams trek with son Issac to the mt. Moriah is depicted in

the talmud and the biblical book of genesis

what is the story of oddyseus meant to do

valorize heroic virtues

Abrahams story is meant to

emphasize the mysteries nature of god and the moral value of working towards spiritual perfection in spite of our doubts and worries

the plaster cast depicting the sacrifice of Isaac was made in

sixteenth centuruy

the roman mosaic of odysseus was made in

second century