06.02.2024
Lecture Postponed
LECTURE POSTPONED: Astrid Erll: The Odyssey, Identity and Heritage (EN)
Was the camp of the noble Greek at the gates of Troy a rape camp? And what about Odysseus’ twelve “unfaithful maids” that are killed by Telemachus at the end of the Odyssey? Were they “prostitutes”? “Sluts”? Or rather “female house slaves”? These questions are currently being discussed with great vehemence, especially in the light of a new English translation of the Homeric epics by Emily Wilson (Odyssey 2017, Iliad 2023). Even Homer has arrived in the age of feminism and Black Lives Matter. The current debate is about a change of perspective when it comes to “Homer as heritage”. However, to achieve this, certain entrenched forms of cultural memory must first be rethought and made reflexive. My lecture deals with the question of how Homer could be constructed as a part of an identity-forming heritage for Europe, the “West” or “the […]
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