Category: Sports in film and literature

Closely read and reread your choice of the short stories listed for this week.  These, like Houseman’s poem, contain many of the themes we will be exploring throughout the course. What theme or themes can you identify, and are how are they both specific to the situation and applicable even to today’s athletes?  Next, identify…

Closely read and reread the Plotin poem.   Keep in mind the public nature of the poem and what its goals might be in this situation. It contains many of the themes we will be exploring throughout the course. First, what theme or themes can you identify, and are how are they both specific to the situation and…