Ebook: Mythos and voice: displacement, learning, and agency in Odysseus' world

Charles Underwood focuses on mythos and voice in the Odyssey to illuminate the characters' journeys from social displacement through discovery and recovery. He explores how the epic narrative illustrates an ancient tradition's understanding of how one learns to make one's way as an active agent in an uncertain world.;Cover; Mythos and Voice; Mythos and Voice: Displacement, Learning, and Agency in Odysseus' World; Copyright page; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1; Journey of the Heart; Displacement and Recognition; Displacement and Learning in Sociocultural Context; Voices of the Dead; Learning and Agency in the Odyssey; Chapter 2; Telemakhos in the Zone; The Predicament of Learning; The Zone of Transition; Transformative Breath; Stirring the Mind to Action; Learning in Context; Chapter 3; Engendering the Male; Telemakhos in Transition; Telemakhos' Expanding Perspectives; An Expanding Universe