A short introduction to Horace’s Ode 4.2, which is dedicated to Augustus the deliverer of the Roman state. The introduction includes a discussion of the poem’s images, motifs, and themes. Read Article

Written by B. R. Mullikin on April 14th, 2014. Subject: Literature. Filed in Criticism, about Horace Poetry Latin

It is our task as critics to identify the facts of the Bacchae and to understand how those facts guide the play through an internal necessity towards its tragic conclusion. Read Article

Written by B. R. Mullikin on November 5th, 2013. Subject: Literature. Filed in Criticism, about Euripides Bacchae Tragedy

In Book 19 Penelope questions Odysseus, who is disguised as a beggar. What is the importance of this scene? Perhaps Penelope tests Odysseus as much as he does her. Read Article

Written by B. R. Mullikin on August 16th, 2013. Subject: Literature. Filed in Epic Poetry, about Homer Greek Odyssey

Aristotle grounds art, and in particularly poetry, as an imitative art through which we come to know better the world around us. Read Article

Written by B. R. Mullikin on July 17th, 2013. Subject: Literature. Filed in Criticism, about Aristotle Art Greek

The function of literary critcism is to determine what is of value within a work of literature, and how a work of literature reflects reality. Read Article

Written by B. R. Mullikin on June 23rd, 2013. Subject: Literature. Filed in Criticism, about Art