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Homer is a key figure in the history of culture, and the Iliad and the Odyssey are the main texts of antiquity, telling about the epic events of those centuries. The study of Russian translations of Homer will allow you to learn a lot about ancient literature, folklore and mythology. During the training, students will get acquainted with important problems of literary theory, with the structure of verse, as well as with the theory and practice of translation.

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About

Try to ask yourself a mental question: how do I imagine Homer? If your imagination has reproduced the image of a wise blind man, an aged singer-storyteller, we are ready to tell you why everything is not so simple. The author of the key texts of antiquity, the Iliad and the Odyssey, is not perceived by all experts in the same way. Perhaps there was no Homer at all? Together with associate professors of the HSE School of Linguistics Boris Valeryevich Orekhov and Vladimir Vladimirovich Fayer, students will be able to immerse themselves in the field of Homeric studies online and learn about the main problems and theories in this area.

The Homeric question began to interest classical philologists as early as the end of the 18th century, when F.-A. Wolf. At the same time, on the material of the Iliad and the Odyssey, they actively began to study the culture of the past, which led to the development of new methods of history, cultural studies, comparative studies, philology and textual criticism. On the example of the Homeric case, students will get acquainted with various philological methodologies, problems of translation studies, as well as the peculiarities of Homer's reception. We will turn not only to texts, but also to cinema.

The authors of the online course set themselves the task of acquainting listeners with the current state of Homeric studies, as well as tracing the history of the development of the Homeric question based on the cultural and literary context. After completing the training, course participants will receive basic knowledge of Homeric works, learn about new approaches to the analysis of classical texts, and will also be able to more thoughtfully analyze and comment on poetic texts.

Before taking the online course, we highly recommend that you familiarize yourself with the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Format

The course consists of short video lectures lasting from 8 to 15 minutes with invaluable questions and practical tasks. Once a week, students will be offered a 15-question, graded test or essay in a peer-review format. The final exam is a test.

Requirements

Ability to read scientific literature on philology, ability to use dictionaries and encyclopedias (including to determine the meaning of obsolete words).

Course program

Topic 1. Context: historical, cultural, historical and literary

Topic 2. Homeric question. oral theory. Homer and formulas

Topic 3. Homeric poems and typology of the heroic epic

Topic 4. Structure and composition of poems. Homeric comparisons

Topic 5. Hexameter: metrics of Homer's poems, their translations and imitations

Topic 6. Homeric mythology and its foundations

Topic 7. Homeric textology. The reception of Homer in antiquity

Theme 8. Homer in the culture of subsequent eras. Russian Homer

Topic 9. Homer through the eyes of modern scientists

Education results

Education directions

45.00.00 Linguistics and Literary Studies
45.03.01 Philology

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Orekhov Boris Valerievich

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor
Position: Associate Professor, School of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities

Fayer Vladimir Vladimirovich

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor
Position: Associate Professor, School of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities

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Homer through the eyes of a philologist

The Iliad and the Odyssey are the first works of European literature and the main texts of antiquity from the point of view of the ancients themselves. A careful reading of Russian translations of Homer will allow students to learn a lot about ancient literature and culture, as well as about the theory and practice of translation. On this material, students will get acquainted with specific examples of various philological methodologies, the features of Homer's reception and important problems of literary theory.

  • Philology
Course authors and lecturers: Orekhov Boris Valerievich
PhD in Philology, Associate Professor Position: Associate Professor, School of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities
Course language: Russian
Certificate: course with certificate
Course Page: https://openedu.ru/course/hse/GOMER/