Western Literature(Week4)

• Homeric Epithets

 A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, it is a tag or nickname that can be used on its own or together with the real name, depending on other features of the Greek language.Such as "swift-footed" Achilles.

•  In medias res

"into the middle things", it is a narrative technique in which a story opens in the middle or end rather than the beginning.

• Augustus

  

 the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The reign of Augustus initiated an era of relative peace known as the Pax Romana (The Roman Peace).

 

 

• The Great Gatsby 

a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald.The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan.


F.Scott Fitzgerald

• Prefix/Root/Suffix

com-:with ; together

combat (v.) to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously
example: He resolved to combat with his bad habits.

compose (v.) to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements
example: Tina composed his speech from many research notes.


-vok-:to call

provoke (v.) to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex
example: If you provoke th dog, it may bit you.

evoke (v.) to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.)
example: That old movie evoked memories of my childhood.

ad-:to ; toward

adopt (v.) to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent
example: The plan was adopted after some discussion.


adventure (v.) to take the risk involvedexample: No man w ould adventure it.

• Vocabulary

pyre (n.) a funeral for burning a dead body
example: The glow of funeral pyre slowly dies by the river.

outrageous (adj.) feeling shameful / violent in action or temper
example: Some of his suggestions is outrageous.