Self-study
P1
While a new surge of critical interest in the ancient Greek poems conventionally ascribed to Homer has taken place in the last twenty years or so, it was nonspecialists rather than professional scholars who studied the poetic aspects of the Iliad and the Odyssey between, roughly, 1935 and 1970. ███
Intro topic ·
Study of ancient Greek poems
Singles out two poems: the Iliad and the Odyssey
Contrast ·
Nonspecialists and specialists
Nonspecialists focused on what made these poems great, while specialists focused on more loosely connected side topics
Author's perspective ·
Specialists emphasized the wrong things about these poems
Author quotes someone else to make this point
P2
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Explain phenomenon ·
Origins of specialists' "nonpoetical" emphasis
Legacy of Milman Parry's work on history of ancient Greek poetic traditions
P3
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Later developments ·
Return to poetical emphasis
Adam Parry built on Milman's work to bring focus back to the unique poetic aspects of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Unclear whether Adam was a specialist or nonspecialist.
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
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Question Type
Describe organization
Structure
Rely on your low-res summary of the passage to help answer this question. P1 describes the renewed critical interest in the poetic aspects of Homer’s work after a period of interest in the nonpoetic aspects. P2 and P3 describe the changes in scholarly focus that have led up to the renewed critical interest.
a
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This is the best answer. The situation is the renewed critical interest in the poetic aspects of Homer’s work following a period of interest in the nonpoetic aspects. The author examines what led up to this situation in P2 and P3.
b
A series of ██████████ ██ ████████ ███ ███ ██ ██████████
The author doesn’t present a “series of hypotheses.” We don’t get any competing hypotheses to explain the origin of the current state of Homeric scholarship.
c
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Although we might characterize Milman Parry and Adam Parry as influential scholars, this answer ignores the first paragraph, which doesn’t summarize the works of the Parrys.
d
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It’s not clear that there is a “current debate.” The author describes the current state of Homeric scholarship, but doesn’t present the situation as one involving two sides with opposing views. Different scholars might focus on different aspects of Homer’s work, but this isn’t necessarily a debate.
e
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The author doesn’t discuss three solutions. It’s not clear that there is even a problem to be solved. Even if you think the author believes the prior focus on nonpoetic aspects of Homer’s work was a problem, the passage describes how recent scholarship doesn’t suffer from this problem anymore. The passage doesn’t present potential solutions for this focus on nonpoetic aspects.