CLAS 3345: MYTH AND PERFORMANCE IN GREEK TRAGEDY

SCHEDULE

COURSE INFORMATION TESTS AND QUESTIONNAIRES WEB RESOURCES

For detailed schedule and reading assignments, go to Topics  separate pages, clicking on each:

8/21 - 8/25
 TOPIC 1 - INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS PERFORMANCE?  WHAT IS MYTH? 
 8/28 - 9/1
 TOPIC 2 - THE ROOTS OF GREEK TRAGEDY: EPIC, LYRIC, THEATRE
                 AESCHYLUS, AGAMEMNON
9/6 - 9/8 
 TOPIC 3   SETTING AND CONVENTIONS OF THE  THEATRE OF DIONYSOS
                 AESCHYLUS, LIBATION BEARERS
9/11 - 9/15
 TOPIC 4 - THEATRE AND CITY
                 AESCHYLUS,  EUMENIDES
9/18 - 9/22
 TOPIC 5 - APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF GREEK DRAMA
                 SOPHOCLES, OEDIPUS KING
9/25 - 9/29
 TOPIC 6 - SOPHOCLES, OEDIPUS AT COLONUS
                 SOPHOCLES, ANTIGONE
10/2 - 10/6 
 TOPIC 7 - EROS GOES ASTRAY
                  EURIPIDES, HIPPOLYTUS
10/7-10/11
 TOPIC 8 - FATHER AND SON
                 SOPHOCLES, WOMEN OF TRACHIS
10 /16-10/27
 TOPIC 9 - EURIPIDES, HECUBA 
                 EURIPIDES, MEDEA
10/30-11/3
 TOPIC 10 - THE REVISION OF EPIC
                 SOPHOCLES, AJAX
11/6-11/8
 TOPIC 11:  ALIENATION
                 SOPHOCLES, PHILOCTETES
11/13-11/16
 TOPIC 12: THE CHORUS 
                 EURIPIDES, BACCHANT WOMEN
11/20-11/22
 TOPIC 13: ARISTOTLE ON TRAGEDY - THEATRE THEN AND NOW
                  STUDENT  PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION
11/27-12/1 SYNTHESIS AND REVIEW
WED, 12/13
11-2  PM
 FINAL EXAM - BRING A BLUE SCANTRON SHEET