"The
Logic of
Cosmogony"
by Walter Burkert
Burkert
defines
concepts & plots
that distinguish
cosmogonical myths from other types of myth
click here for part
Sketch of main points &
some key terms in argument conducted by Burkert
click here for notes
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Psyche
("Soul")
discovering that
her secret lover is
Cupid ("Desire")
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metaphor & metonymy --two Greek concepts basic to our thinking & communication--click
here
consonant chart click here
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Also Taught
&
To Teach
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course growing from my earlier work on the
pastoral or bucolic poetry of Virgil & its tradition,
, also from an
earlier course on pastoral forms & transforms , &
leading to my current work on Derek
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PASTORAL
TRADITION:
A sampler of readings for a lecture delivered
at
Ritsumeikan University,
Kyoto, June 2003
click here
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Humanities
Seminar:
Mythemes
of Minding:
In Search of Pastoral Tradition
Humanities
Seminar:
From Homer to Omeros by Derek Walcott
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