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 Sophocles,
Ajax (ca. 450 - 430 BCE) |
| Tuesday |
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The suicide scene |
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Review assignments
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The origins of tragedy |
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Actors and acting |
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Aeschylus, Agamemnon (AO) |
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Project:
diary due |
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Aeschylus,
Agamemnon (458 BCE)
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| Thursday |
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Introduction to Aeschylus |
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Discussion: speech and song |
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next class: |
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Padel, "Making space speak" (handout) |
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Project:
final script due |
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Aeschylus,
Agamemnon (458 BCE)
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| Tuesday |
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Discussion: the carpet scene
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Video: Agamemnon (dir. Peter Hall) |
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Essay guidelines released |
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Aeschylus, Libation Bearers (AO) |
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Project:
diary due |
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Aeschylus,
Libation Bearers (458 BCE)
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| Thursday |
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Discussion: trilogy |
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Video: Libation Bearers (dir. Peter Hall) |
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next class: |
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Project:
planning session |
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Project:
Planning session
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| Tuesday |
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What
it says
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next class: |
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Aeschylus, Eumenides (AO) |
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Project:
diary due |
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Aeschylus,
Eumenides (458 BCE)
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| Thursday |
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Discussion: changing scenes |
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Video: Eumenides (dir. Peter Hall) |
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next class: |
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Essay due |
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Athens
in the Fifth Century
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| Tuesday |
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Some high points and low points
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Can tragedy be topical?
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next class: |
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Project:
dress rehearsal |
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Project:
diary due |
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Project:
Dress rehearsal
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| Thursday |
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What it says |
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next class: |
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Euripides, Helen (E2) |
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May
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March