Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 17 AIL 1604 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Classical Reference as Ordinary
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The idea
Writers assumed readers knew Greek and Roman story, so allusions arrive unexplained. Unit seven defined allusion, the glossary having no headword. On this exam the passage supplies what you need, but the density of reference is a period marker in itself.
In practice
Allusions arrive unexplained.
Where people slip
Density itself marks the period.
Your place on the trail
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