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The Hippolytus
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Tuesday
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- The life and times of Euripides
- Genre: How does the tragic world operate?
- Differences between comedy and tragedy
- Performance: Theseus versus Hippolytus
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Assignments for this class: |
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- Euripides, Hippolytus (packet)
- Consider the following:
-- How would you stage agon between
father and son (pp. 199ff.)?
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February 23
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Semester
project deadline |
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Wednesday
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- Task 2 (Discussing
the approach) ends at midnight
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February 24
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Semester Project
Meeting 1 (in class) |
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Thursday
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The Ion (Dionysia
c. 410) |
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Tuesday
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- Is this play a tragedy?
- Other Euripidean "romances"
- Performance: the recognition scene
- Midterm exam preview
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Assignments for this class: |
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- Euripides, Ion (packet)
- Consider the following:
-- How would you stage the recognition
between mother and son (pp. 236ff.)?
- Semester Project Task
3 due in class.
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March 2
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The Cyclops (Dionysia
c. 408) |
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Thursday
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- Genre: The satyr play
- Is this play a comedy?
- Differences between comedy and tragedy
- Performance: the blinding scene
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- Euripides, Cyclops (packet)
- Homer, Odyssey book 9 (selections in packet)
-- Odysseus tells the story of Polyphemus
- Consider the following:
-- How would you stage the blinding
scene (pp. 33ff.)?
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March 6
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Semester
project deadline |
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Monday
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- Task 4 (Discussing
the chorus) ends at midnight
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March 7
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Introduction to New
Comedy |
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Tuesday
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- Genre: Old, Middle, and New comedy
- The life and times of Menander
- Semester Project Meeting 2 (click here
for agenda)
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March 9
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Midterm Examination
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Thursday
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