“Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey.” CharacterStoriesValuesIndividualFictionHistoricalImaginaryPresentingTrue StoryOdysseyIliadHistorical Value Author:Raymond Queneau
“One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey.” FictionDescendantsOdysseyIliad Author:Raymond Queneau
“It doesn't seem to me that anyone has discovered much that's new since the Iliad or the Odyssey.” SeemsOdysseyIliad Author:Raymond Queneau
“The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side.” WellsStoriesSidesHistoricalDetachedOdyssey Author:Raymond Queneau
“The Odyssey is the story of someone who, in the course of diverse experiences, acquires a personality or affirms and recovers his personality.” StoriesCoursesPersonalityAcquireDiverseOdyssey Author:Raymond Queneau
“Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey.” EndsOdysseyUlysses Author:Raymond Queneau
