humanities house an honors program orientation in august some time in the future

Humanities House

An Honors ProgramOrientation in August some time In the future

A day in the life Of Telemachus And Telemache

“He called me Telemachus?”

“You heard right. Remember the son of Odysseus? What theyhad us read over the summer?”

“Odyssey or Adventures of Ulysses?”

“Well, he’s Nestor. See, I did my summer work.”

“Who’s Durer?Self Portraits?The directorimagines I havea self to portray…”

“It’s a Picasso already. This Telemache is Andromache”

“13!”

“Let’s browsethis HumanitiesHouse whilehe’s talking.”

“Nine floors.offices, elevators,images, and linksto everything I need.”

“But no exit.”

“Bell hop! Bell hop!”

“Even a daily newspaper. Who writesthis copy?”

“Times,Globe,Onion,Honors ProgramInfo.”

“Scroll down a couple of years…”

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“Back in 1999…thesis meeting…File that underfuture plans.”

“Look at this.Maps of Hell.What is there here on Dante?”

“The Expanded Inferno. Dantewas here”

“Dante Resources.Paradise forDantisti. The FatherJack Howard, S.J.”

“FromHoward To Dante”

“BC Dante,DartmouthDante,ColumbiaDante,PrincetonDante,Paradise, VirtualPurgatory.”

“Scholars on the internet. Who is Robert Hollander?”

“An expert who has her owninteractive web space adds aWhole new dimension to her knowledge.”

“We’re in the library.”

“Move up onelevel.”

“Search.”

“For what?Hollander?Quick.Before we jumpelsewhere.”

“Going up.8th Floor.”

“Ivory tower.Get it?”

“Here?”

“Fawlty Towers!”

“TryConstas.he’s theone on thecouch.”

“Alumni.Why alumni?”

“Networking,mentoring,happenings,reading. Ijust want a good job.”

“What do they do about music and dramahere?”

“This isBoston,You know.”

“Here’s an honors thesis in the Arts?”

“Opera,BSO,And Oleanna.”

“Mamet”

“Yes.”

“Did you seethe Abraham and Isaac?”

“Genesis 22?”

“I wonder how manyartists havepainted thisscene?”

“No Rembrandts,but our art museumbrings in amazingshows.”

“Hope?”

“Where do theymake thesesites?”

“My high school teachersare technophobes. Same here, I bet.”

“Curriculumlaboratory.Try that.”

“Technophobe or technophile?”

“I see O’Connorhas a sitedevoted toBach and Durer.”That’s what hewas referring to earlier.”

“Wait! Film.Over there. Back up theStairs.”

“Did you see AndreiRublev?”

“Tarkovsky.Eisenstein.Film and Great Booksand art.”

“Oops. Myfirst seminarmeeting istomorrow andI’ve already gotthe syllabus…Here it is.”

“Prof. Constas. His is a dynamicsyllabus. It’scalling fora writing samplealready.

“So much writing.Did the director Just say‘all writingall the time’?What if I sufferfrom writer’s block?”

“How much?Seven essaysfirst term. Thenseven moreand longer.And longer.Peer editing.Thesis. ‘All theTime’ indeed.”

“Mayday”

“I’d love to be one of these Writers Block folks.”

“Writing ;and more writingThey do expect us to a thesis. Lookat this.”

“Start thinking About it now!How weird. I’mStill unpacking.”

“I’m Telemache.But I’ll do my thesisin chemistry.”

“I always tell lies.”

“You or Odysseus?Oh, I get it. Stick to literature”

“Thesis…final stage inintellectualformation…Let’s tune backin with thedirector.”

“A… M… I… C… O…Your friendlyOil company?”

“Art Museum Image Consortium, Telemache!”

“The Directorwas just sayingwe might want to take a look aroundafter he’s donewith his orientationspeech.”

“Hypertextseminars.”

“HP252.”

“Not in thehumanities.Must be computerscience.”

“Template for student web site building.Intriguing.”

“First year seminarsshould do this, too.I have my own website already.”

“I don’t.”

“Daily agenda andminutes ande-mail dialogues…”

“Still the texts.And writing.But posted forA wider audience.”

“Today’s date…”

“10:30 web sites.12:30? Whose?”

“Another web page template… new names.Is there a page for each student?”

“What’s in here to do with the Honors Program?”

“Beta Group? Let’s try it.”

“Hey. We can hop from student to student. Each oneadds her own uniquetouches.

“Try another.”

“Here’s Beta.”

“Sibling Rivalry:alternate versionsof Genesis…”

“This must be the whole seminar.”

“Nope. Try Gamma.”

“Ben’s page. Ben’s Homeric Simile. And team Gamma?”

“I’m quite comfortable in thisplace. A fifth dimension.”

“Telemache,I’m taking another look at DurerNow that I’m orientated.”

“A stack of floors and alibrary in amenu format.Which works for you?”

“Blake’s book isan 1825 web site!” “Save it for another day.

But I’ll be back.”