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Odyssêy phản ánh một giai đoạn cao trong quá trình tan rã của chế độ công xã thị tộc: Đó là thời kỳ những người Hy Lạp đã bước vào cuộc sống lao động hòa bình có khát vọng chinh phục thế giới xung quanh, thời kỳ hình thành gia đình một vợ một chồng với chế độ phụ quyền và quyền tư hữu tài sản.
Ngoài ra ta còn thấy khát vọng sống văn minh, hữu ái của người xưa như một nguyện vọng không riêng gì của thời đại Homer mà của nhân loại ở mọi thời đại. Chủ đề của Odyssêy là tinh thần chế ngự hoàn cảnh, chủ đề ăn sâu cắm rễ trong lòng dân tộc Hy Lạp, Homer liên tục nhấn mạnh qua mấy phẩm từ nổi trội gắn liền với ba nhân vật chính: Odysseus khôn khéo, Penelope kín đáo, Telemachos thận trọng.
Về hình thức thi phẩm là chuyện phiêu lưu, kết hợp tài tình giản dị với phong phú, thực tế với tưởng tượng, hữu hình với vô hình, thần linh với thế nhân, ảnh hưởng sâu đậm văn hóa, văn minh Tây phương hơn bất kể sáng tác văn chương nào từ trước tới giờ.
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Imagine an entire civilization of clout chasing sociopaths, The Odyssey in a nutshell.
I liked this a lot more than I did when I read it in school.That's probably unsurprising: even for bookworms (perhaps especially for bookworms?) school has a tendency to analyze the fun out of anything. My memories of this story were of it printed in far-too-tiny font on the front and back of sheets of paper we had to staple together and keep in our binders, of small portions read aloud (badly) in the stumbling tones of bored classmates, and of a story that meandered through a few weeks of study (or at least they felt like a few weeks--it's hard to say how long it actually was) and then got wrapped up very suddenly at the end by the teacher, who must have realized she'd extended the lesson too long and had to fit something else in.I think hearing it read aloud made a big difference. The translator (Emily Wilson) said in her note at the start that she'd tried hard to ensure it sounded good spoken, and it honestly showed. I found myself repeating small bits as the narrator spoke, and it felt like it flowed really well. I won't pretend to know enough about poetry to say more than I liked how it sounded and I was aware of the language and flow without them getting in the way, which is honestly what I want in most things. There was none of the feeling of un-wrangling the words and meaning I had when I first read this in school.I'll leave the deconstruction of the actual story to people better qualified than I--I'm sure it's been done to death, and I'm sure anyone reading this has at least a cursory understanding of the problems faced by Odyessus on his way home. I had forgotten how much time we spent with Odysseus' son Telemachus, and that for all the story is named after him, Odysseus isn't necessarily even the main character of parts.If, like me, you are wondering if you missed something when you read this in school, this is definitely worth picking up and listening to. The story holds up quite well, and for all I knew how it ended, I was listening fascinated throughout.
I liked this a lot more than I did when I read it in school. That's probably unsurprising: even for bookworms (perhaps especially for bookworms?) school has a tendency to analyze the fun out of anything. My memories of this story were of it printed in far-too-tiny font on the front and back of sheets of paper we had to staple together and keep in our binders, of small portions read aloud (badly) in the stumbling tones of bored classmates, and of a story that meandered through a few weeks of study (or at least they felt like a few weeks--it's hard to say how long it actually was) and then got wrapped up very suddenly at the end by the teacher, who must have realized she'd extended the lesson too long and had to fit something else in. I think hearing it read aloud made a big difference. The translator (Emily Wilson) said in her note at the start that she'd tried hard to ensure it sounded good spoken, and it honestly showed. I found myself repeating small bits as the narrator spoke, and it felt like it flowed really well. I won't pretend to know enough about poetry to say more than I liked how it sounded and I was aware of the language and flow without them getting in the way, which is honestly what I want in most things. There was none of the feeling of un-wrangling the words and meaning I had when I first read this in school. I'll leave the deconstruction of the actual story to people better qualified than I--I'm sure it's been done to death, and I'm sure anyone reading this has at least a cursory understanding of the problems faced by Odyessus on his way home. I had forgotten how much time we spent with Odysseus' son Telemachus, and that for all the story is named after him, Odysseus isn't necessarily even the main character of parts. If, like me, you are wondering if you missed something when you read this in school, this is definitely worth picking up and listening to. The story holds up quite well, and for all I knew how it ended, I was listening fascinated throughout.