2.5 Literary Techniques and Composition

A podcast by DJ Watkins and AJ Keen of Bristol Grammar School to help GCSE Class Civ pupils to revise for their Myth and Religion and Homeric World topics.
2.5 - Literary Techniques and Composition (Homer's Odyssey)

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:26 Who was Homer?
• 2:18 What was a bard?
• 5:58 Book 9
• 13:03 Book 10
• 21:10 Book 19
• 26:15 Book 21
• 29:38 Book 22
• 31:20 What is an epic?
• 32:09 It is long
• 32:19 Central figure or hero
• 32:41 Quest or mission
• 32:56 Amazing deeds
• 33:36 In medias res
• 34:19 Monsters, magic and gods
• 35:20 Lots of different places
• 35:46 Literary features
• 39:12 Gory detail
• 39:36 Dramatic irony
• 40:15 Detailed description
• 41:36 Pathos
• 42:17 Use of myth
• 42:59 Direct speech