Greek Tragedy and Its Afterlife

General data

Course ID:	WH-KON-GreekTr
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Greek Tragedy and Its Afterlife
Name in Polish:	Greek tragedy and its afterlife
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Humanities
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	(unknown)
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	F1_W01, F1_W04, F1_W10, F1_U08, F1_U09, F1_U10, F1_K01, F1_K03, F1_K05
Short description:	The course aims at discussing the phenomenon of classical Greek tragedy, its original premises and political grounding and the later devellopment of the idea of tragic genre.
Full description:	Topics discussed will cover (while not being limited to): - the religious and political context of tragic performance - the poetics of Aeschylean drama - the Sophoclean hero - Euripidean tragedy, its conservatism and its innovativeness - Roman appropriation of Greek tragedy - Seneca and the reworking of Euripidean themes - tragedy and Dante - early modern theory and practice - the non-cscholarly wit of Shakespeare - Racine's attempts at Classicism - operatic reflexes - the Promethean hero - the improvements of Hoffmanstahl and others - the modern Antigone - Passolini's/ Kakoyannis exploration of the ancient
Bibliography:	Loeb Classical Library editions of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides Loeb Classical Library edition of Seneca Loeb Classical Library translation of Aristotle's Poetics Dante's La commedia (any English translation or the Italian text) Villa I Tatti edition of Humanist Tragedies (Cambridge Ma. 2010) F. Robortello's Explicationes W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus E. von Hoffmanstahl Electra (any translation) P.B. Shelley Prometheus unbound J. Anouilh Antigone (any translation)
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	Average understanding of tragic genre in its diachronic aspect. Understanding of classical tragedy as a political and religious phenomenon. Understanding of the elasticity of the genre. Awareness of the normativeness of Aristotelian vision. Understanding of the phenomenon of Classical tradition
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Oral exam consisting of two separate questions concerning: a) ancient phenomenon b) modern survival/evolution Very good: uses examples outside of canon. Shows independence of thought and critical approach. Formulates his/her argument in faultless English. Good: uses canonical examples, showing good command of English and decent awareness of phenomena discussed. Sufficient: capable of using examples discussed during class, formulates argument in understandable and syntactically correct English.
Practical placement:	Not applicable

This course is not currently offered.

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