The Many-Minded Man
In The Many-Minded Man, Joel Christensen explores the content, character, and structure of the Homeric Odyssey through a modern psychological lens, focusing on how the epic both represents the workings of the human mind and provides for its audiences—both ancient and modern—a therapeutic model for c...
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| description | In The Many-Minded Man, Joel Christensen explores the content, character, and structure of the Homeric Odyssey through a modern psychological lens, focusing on how the epic both represents the workings of the human mind and provides for its audiences—both ancient and modern—a therapeutic model for coping with the exigencies of chance and fate. By reading the Odyssey as an exploration of the constitutive elements of human identity, the function of narrative in defining the self, and the interaction between the individual and their social context, The Many-Minded Man addresses enduring questions about the poem, such as the importance of Telemachus's role, why Odysseus must tell his own tale, and the epic's sudden and unexpected closure. Through these dynamics, Christensen reasons, the Odyssey not only instructs readers about how narrative shapes a sense of agency but also offers solutions for avoiding dangerous stories and destructive patterns of thought. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1474512024-11-08T05:44:41Z The Many-Minded Man Christensen, Joel Homer and Psychology Cognitive Science and Homer Meaning of the Odyssey Therapy and Epic/Homer Homeric Theory of Mind thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DC Poetry::DCA Classic and pre-20th century poetry thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism In The Many-Minded Man, Joel Christensen explores the content, character, and structure of the Homeric Odyssey through a modern psychological lens, focusing on how the epic both represents the workings of the human mind and provides for its audiences—both ancient and modern—a therapeutic model for coping with the exigencies of chance and fate. By reading the Odyssey as an exploration of the constitutive elements of human identity, the function of narrative in defining the self, and the interaction between the individual and their social context, The Many-Minded Man addresses enduring questions about the poem, such as the importance of Telemachus's role, why Odysseus must tell his own tale, and the epic's sudden and unexpected closure. Through these dynamics, Christensen reasons, the Odyssey not only instructs readers about how narrative shapes a sense of agency but also offers solutions for avoiding dangerous stories and destructive patterns of thought. 2024-11-06T04:12:12Z 2024-11-06T04:12:12Z 2024-11-05T14:55:14Z 2022 book ONIX_20241105_9781501752360_5 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/94180 9781501752360 9781501752346 9781501752353 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/147451 eng Myth and Poetics II open access image/png image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/94180/1/9781501752360.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/94180/1/9781501752360.pdf Cornell University Press Cornell University Press 10.1515/9781501752360 10.1515/9781501752360 05937e7b-c222-4680-9580-c09c5ce7a11e 9781501752360 9781501752346 9781501752353 Cornell University Press 360 Ithaca open access |
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