Henderson’s first characteristic is the hero’s “miraculous but humble birth” (110). The epic does not tell us about Gilgamesh’s birth. It may be miraculous, since he is two-thirds divine and only one-third mortal; indeed, from a biological standpoint it would have to be.This is what happens when I have to write fifteen pages for a class that I find ( Read more... )

Most likely it would be a bad idea to title an essay on Jungian archetypal theory in The Epic of Gilgamesh - which focuses on immortality in a major way, for those out of the know - "Forever Jung", wouldn't it?

Besides, it's probably already been done. Right? Right?

In other news, I suck. Titus Andronicus reading this Friday at 4:30! Come!

No, no, no, no, no. I don't need this. I don't need to climb to another level of the ivory tower, I don't need to have another set of cultural expectations to assimilate, and I definitely don't need another dead language to moon over. This is not happening to me.

Yeah. I started talking about The Epic of Gilgamesh in class this afternoon. I haven ( Read more... )