Course Description
Selected plays from the tragedies and satyr plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, with emphasis on dramatic style and the treatment of social, political, and religious themes.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Demonstration of mastery through an applied project on the
course topic, including a seminar presentation and a substantial
research paper.
Athena Title
Greek Tragedy
Prerequisite
GREK 2001 or GREK 2001W or GREK 2003 or permission of department
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. To acquaint the student with the vocabulary and literary style of Greek tragedy. 2. To acquaint the student with the religious and philosophic beliefs of the Greek tragedians. 3. To acquaint the student with the literary methods and techniques of the Greek tragedians in the context of the contemporary literary background. 4. To acquaint the student with the role of the tragedians in the development of Greek thought and humanistic values. 5. To enable the students to engage in critical analysis of semantic, syntactic, grammatical, stylistic, metrical and poetic evidence in Greek tragedy. 6. To enable students to produce writing appropriate to the subject matter of Greek tragedy and to the discipline of classics. 7. Students enrolled for graduate credit will demonstrate mastery of the course topic through a seminar presentation and a substantial research paper.
Topical Outline
The course outline will depend upon the plays selected, and will consist of systematic reading and analysis according to the continuous sequence provided by the texts. Discussions will take place as they are suggested by problems or points of interest arising in the texts.