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Timetable
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| Unit Three is devoted to the comedian
Menander (c. 344 - 292 BCE), the leading author of New Comedy.
We shall read three of Menander's plays (Old Cantankerous,
The Girl from Samos, The Man She Hated) in an attempt
to assess this subgenre in light of Old Comedy. Because only
one play survives virtually intact, we shall have an opportunity
to discuss how texts were produced, disseminated, and preserved
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March 21
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Old Cantankerous
/ Dyskolos (Lenaea 316, first prize) |
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Tuesday
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- The life and times of Menander
- Genre: Defining New Comedy
- Performance: Prologue and the "door scene"
(pp. 34ff.)
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Assignments for this class: |
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- Menander, Old Cantankerous
- Consider the following:
-- How would you stage the scenes
listed above?
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March 23
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Semester Project
Meeting 3 (in class) |
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Thursday
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- Click here
for the agenda
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The Girl from
Samos (c. 310) —and—
The Man She Hated (???) |
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Tuesday
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- Genre: Redefining New Comedy
- Transmission: Papyrus and texts
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Assignments for this class: |
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- Menander, Girl from Samos and
Man She Hated
- Consider the following:
-- To whom does a play belong, the
author or the players?
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