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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2018 |
Registration ID | GREKH202B001 |
Course Title | Advanced Greek: Tragedy |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Greek |
Instructor | Roberts,Deborah H |
Times and Days | TTh 10:00am-11:30am
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Room Location | HLL112 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2117 In this course we read two of the surviving works of fifth century Greek tragedy, Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound and Sophocles's Philoctetes, with selected critical essays and background reading in other plays. Class time will be divided between translation and discussion, with attention not only to themes specific to each tragedy but also to such common topics as: the playwright’s treatment of the inherited myth; the way in which the drama tells its the story; the role and nature of the chorus; characterization and the connections between characters; the relationship of divine and human; the role of prophecy; choice, justice and retribution; political resonances; performance issues; and the language of dialogue and of choral ode. Class will also include practice reading aloud in the meter of dialogue and in some of the simpler choral meters and discussion of different translations of selected passages. ; Prerequisite(s): Two Greek courses at the 100 level or above, or instructor consent Humanities (HU) |
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