What does it mean for us to consume this work in its “traditional” form? And what does it mean for this work to be “traditional” or “canonic”? While we discussed a lot about the nature of tradition and how Dido and Aeneas can or cannot be relevant to our present times, we spent little time discussing the ways in which we can adapt it. Perhaps that is because part of our goal in this class is to discover our own ways to modernize this text and/or make it
What does it mean for us to consume this work in its “traditional” form? And what does it mean for this work to be “traditional” or “canonic”? While we discussed a lot about the nature of tradition and how Dido and Aeneas can or cannot be relevant to our present times, we spent little time discussing the ways in which we can adapt it. Perhaps that is because part of our goal in this class is to discover our own ways to modernize this text and/or make it