5 Articles in the Subject Literature
An Introduction to a Reading of Horace’s Carmina Secunda Ex Quarti Libri
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
A Prolegomena to the Bacchae of Euripides
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
The Reunion of Odysseus and Penelope in the Odyssey
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 and the Mimesis of the Praxis
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
Interpreting Literature: the Function of Criticism
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