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The category Jiang gives to Gilgamesh as the first literary work with civilizational memory power.
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world literature
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Freud was remarkably well -read in Greek mythology, as well as world literature."
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is treated as the first work of world literature and as a text that reflects Mesopotamian culture and values.
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"...we celebrate the Epic of Gilgamesh as the first work of world literature okay so let me first explain the plot of the Epic..."
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"...Freud was remarkably well -read in Greek mythology, as well as world literature."
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"...goddess okay all right so now let's move on to Russian literature in Russian civilization there are two great prophets they are Leila Toisto..."
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"...invented a lot of things like writing cuneiform also they introduced world literature right? The Epic of Gilgamesh. What I want to argue now..."
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Mesopotamia turns geography into mythology: where Egypt imagines divine generosity and pyramidal immortality, the land between two uncooperative rivers learns struggle, creative destruction, and the more fragile immortality of being remembered by the people...
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