tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115239596071344853.post6254270178679393413..comments2012-04-25T22:11:38.050-07:00Comments on Collective Catatonia: Relations with the public...Jared Magillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842376102110342947noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115239596071344853.post-41485948824150321012012-03-25T13:22:33.210-07:002012-03-25T13:22:33.210-07:00I can only sit back and watch the clever gun-sling...I can only sit back and watch the clever gun-slinging going on between you two, like a nerd at a show down.<br />So (in my nerdiest voice) I will only say that I don't mind the narrative vs. argumentative approach. It could definitely make for an entertaining and creative project, true to your outlaw style. However, it does still need to be an academic paper ... including discussion of academic sources a plenty. So I'm just offering a nerdy bit of warning (in case necessary), approach it how you will, but the content should ultimately be there. If all that was totally unnecessary then go ahead and shoot the hat off my head, and I'll turn tail straight out of dodge.Chris Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06930307643456350430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115239596071344853.post-80360899806465449932012-03-18T10:24:59.993-07:002012-03-18T10:24:59.993-07:00Odysseus the Kid,
The last paragraph of the lates...Odysseus the Kid,<br /><br />The last paragraph of the latest post suggests something rather fascinating and unlike previous capstone theses that I have seen. So, next post, I would really love to see you outline the narrative. Don't necessarily worry yet whether you're writing memoir-style or gonzo-style. Just give us (and yourself) a sense of the trajectory. After that, I'd be interested in seeing how the academic incidentals might function in the finished project. <br /><br />Odysseus, after all, was a sort of Billy the Kid of that era. Stories about him circulated so widely that the Homeric Odyssey narrative may have a kind of meta-commentary already, with many references to the renown of O throughout the Hellenic world. And then, those famous wanderings are given to O himself to narrate in one relatively short section of the whole tale, which is mostly about bringing O home at last, hooking him up with his kid and old swineherd as sidekicks, and letting him lay waste to the suitors, Bronson-style. <br /><br />Legends sell the tellers who sell the legends.Mark Jeffreyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403648476270791926noreply@blogger.com