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Even before the first trailers dropped, the movie became an apple of discord that stirred polarizing debates about race, identity, gender, otherness, appropriation, ownerships and possession. This media Trojan war touches upon the very questions raised by the original epic: What does it mean to be away from home? What is home? What makes one an outsider? How does one treat a stranger according to the laws of hospitality? How does one treat a stranger if he is a “barbarian”? Or a monster? What is a monster? And what's up with all the terrifying female monsters that haunt Odysseus?

Homer frequently called Odysseus polymetis—a word that has troubled translators for centuries. It has been rendered as "ingenious," "multitalented," "crafty-minded," and "skilled in all ways of contriving.” Looking past the heroic status Odysseus has accumulated over millennia, the most accurate modern translation of this epithet might just be a "lying asshole." While his faithful wife Penelope weaves and unweaves a shroud to delay remarriage, Odysseus weaves endless stories out of lies and tricks. He spends his journey cheating on his wife, breaking and entering, stealing cheese from mythical beasts, gaslighting his crew until they all die, and acting like a privileged brat all along. So, what makes him one of the most popular heroes of all time? Why does his story still capture our cultural imagination, as evidenced by the massive craze surrounding Christopher Nolan’s adaptation?

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Each class focuses on a single section of The Odyssey. You are encouraged to read each section prior to class.

Telemachy (Books I–IV), Wanderings (Books V–XII), Homecoming (Books XIII–XIX) and Vengeance (Books XX–XXIV).

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