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
9.
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Question Type
Stated
The author tells us that the work of Weil and Auerbach “
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We’re not told that Weil and Auerbach were interested in exploring the considerations of other critics of Homer.
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studies in the ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████ ██████
Studies about oral poetry are presented as
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The epic tradition inherited by Homer is discussed in P2 and P3, but isn’t mentioned in connection with a description of Weil and Auerbach’s work.
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We’re not told that Weil and Auerbach criticized the analyses of other critics.