Andrew PorterAndrew E. Porter

Assistant Professor

Office: Curtin Hall 812
Phone: (414) 229-3239
e-mail: portera@uwm.edu

Degree(s):

Ph.D., Classical Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia
M.A., Classical Languages, University of Missouri-Columbia
M.A., Classics, Dalhousie University, Canada
M.Div., Biblical Languages and Literature, Acadia Divinity College, Canada

Current Research:

Epic, Mythology, Oratory

Teaching Interests:

Epic, Mythology, Drama, Oratory; Classical Languages and Civilization

Courses Taught:

Classic 170: Classical Mythology - Sample Syllabus (pdf)
Classic 201: Classical Civilization
Classic 304: Epic Questions - Sample Syllabus (pdf)
Latin 205: Third Semester Latin - Sample Syllabus (pdf)
Greek 502: Greek Poetry, the Oresteia - Sample Syllabus (pdf)

Other Relevant Activities:

Wisconsin Humanities Council Grant Recipient (2010-2011), Penelope Project Humanities Expert
Classical and Mediterranean Studies Certificate (CAMS) Committee Member
Religious Studies Committee Member

Select Publications or Papers:

“‘Stricken to Silence’: Authoritative Response, Homeric Irony, and the Peril of a Missed Language Cue.” Oral Tradition, 26.2 (2011): 493-520. http://journal.oraltradition.org/issues/26ii/porter

Review: Douglas Frame, Hippota Nestor (Center for Hellenic Studies, 2009), Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2010). http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2010/2010-12-04.html

"Epic" in Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales. Ed. Donald Haase (Greenwood Press, 2007)

 
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