WW1 Open Lecture Series: Homeric Mud in the Trenches
| Dates: | 10 December 2014 |
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| Times: | 17:00 - 18:00 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| How much: | Free, but booking via our website is essential (see link under "further reading) |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public, Post 16, Secondary schools |
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| Speaker: | Dr Emma Griffiths |
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A talk by Dr Emma Griffiths (Department of Classics and Ancient History) - part of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures open lecture series "The Different Faces of WW1".
The dangers of a classical education are well known; inspired in part by acts of glory learned from their study of Homer, a generation of young men signed up for the First World War, only to find the reality was very different from the heroic epic model. This talk will examine the role of mud in The Iliad as something which destroys glory, and consider how this relates to the physical conditions of fighting in WW1 as seen through the eyes of poets such as Wilfred Owen and Isaac Rosenberg.
(The lectures are of particular interest to Sixth Formers, but are also suitable for pupils in Year 11. Members of the public and from the wider University of Manchester community are also warmly invited to attend.)
Price: Free, but booking via our website is essential (see link under "further reading)
Speaker
Dr Emma Griffiths
Role: Lecturer in Classics
Organisation: The University of Manchester
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Simon Lecture Theatre B
Simon Building
Manchester
