Allusion Research

AS10 Allusion Assignment:

Allusion Research:  An allusion is a reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous

literature or history. This is an important literary concept that you will encounter repeatedly in poetry, drama, and fiction (Thomas Foster spends time addressing this as well, as you know). With allusions, authors can  engage the reader in making associations and creating meaning. However, if you are unaware of allusions you will miss some of these meanings.

You will be assigned to a group and need to learn the following allusions well. You may read

whatever sources you wish: children’s tales, the Bible, encyclopedias, or reference books. I highly recommend Edith Hamilton’s Mythology as a good overview of Greek and Roman myths.  If starting with Wikipedia, look to the Bibliography that THEY use for additional resources. 

1.  Disperse the allusion sources among your group. I highly encourage each individual student to take stories from both Biblical and Greek/Roman sources. 

 2. From your research, you will SUMMARIZE the plot of the allusion source... .not merely "cutting and pasting". You need to bring out the aspects that you feel are the primary elements of the story that can be.. .and have been utilized as allusions. 

3.  Make sure that you collect the works cited information from the source you utilized for your research. 

4. Create a shared Google Document where you will post your summaries WITH their Works Cited information. Please return your summary order to the original order on the list below. You will turn this single document into Google Classroom, where I will combine these.  

Your group's document is due on GOOGLE CLASSROOM by the beginning of class on January 18th/19th. 

Biblical Allusions Group 1 Greek and Roman Mythology Group 1

Creation

Adam and Eve

Cain and Abel

David and Goliath

Moses (birth to the promised land)

Abraham and Isaac

Tower of Babel

Jonah and the Whale

Samson and Delilah

Solomon

Job

Leda and the Swan

Pandora

Biblical Allusions Group 2 Greek and Roman Mythology Group 2

Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors

Armageddon

Prometheus (and Io)

Narcissus

The Golden Fleece

Orpheus and Eurydice

Daedalus (and Icarus)

Cupid and Psyche

Pygmalion and Galatea

Daphne (and Apollo)

Perseus

Theseus
Nemesis 
Prometheus 
Delphi

Biblical Allusions Group 3 Greek and Roman Mythology Group 3

Daniel in the Lion’s Den

Elijah

Jezebel

Sodom and Gomorrah

Birth of Jesus

Parable of the Prodigal Son

Lazarus

John the Baptist

Last Supper

Judas
Hercules

Odysseus/Ulysses (know who he is, do not study The Odyssey

Biblical Allusions Group 4 Greek and Roman Mythology Group 4

Crucifixion and Resurrection

Doubting Tomas

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Oedipus (including Sphinx)

Antigone

The Trojan War (including the fall of Troy,

Achilles, Hector, Paris, Helen, and the Trojan

Horse)

Midas

Bacchus

Agamemnon, Orestes, and Electra (also known

in whole as The Oresteia)