Jiang rejects a purely intentionalist account of Homeric technique: Homer is not consciously analyzing Odysseus' reality-making, imagery, or diction; he is inspired and channeling God.
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Jiang rejects a purely intentionalist account of Homeric technique: Homer is not consciously analyzing Odysseus' reality-making, imagery, or diction; he is inspired and channeling God.
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"They'll just drown in their own misery. It is impossible to read the compositions nor celebrate writers of the present day while being startled..."
"Odysseus is trying to create a reality and he's using imagery, he's using diction. No, no, he doesn't understand anything. He's just blah, blah,..."
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