No reading for Friday's class. Instead, I want to see how well you've been reading these poems and listening to our class discussions. So we'll have our first "comprehension exam," which is really just an in-class question similar to the questions I give you on the blog. The question will ask you to make connections between some of the works we've read so far--The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, The Tale of Sinhue, and The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor. As long as you've read the poems and listened attentively in class, you should have no problems with the exam.
Hint: you might want to think about the poems reveal specific aspects of the Egyptian 'character' that don't always show up in Egyptian art, such as their statues, pyramids, and hieroglyphics. If these characters are the Egyptians' "heroes," then what might that say about their beliefs and aspirations?
See you on Friday!
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