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· Attendance and participation at all sessions
· 2 in-class Presentations
· Completion of 3 take-home essays
· Completion of one performance piece
· Completion of final exam
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Aeschylus, The Oresteia, Prometheus Bound, Seven Against
Thebes
Aristotle, The Poetics
Aristophanes, The Frogs & Lysistrata
Euripides, Andromache, Bacchae, Electra
Sophocles, The Theban Cycle
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Week 1 THE ATHENIAN MIRACLE
Introduction
Week 2 THE GREEK THEATRE
The Origin of Greek Theatre
The Festival of Dionysus
The Theatre Space
Week 3 GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Hesiod
PROMETHEUS BOUND
PROMETHEUS BOUND
WEEK 4 AESCHYLUS I
Attican Legend
SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
WEEK 5 AESCHYLUS II
Homer ESSAY I DUE
AGAMEMNON
THE LIBATION BEARERS
Week 6 AESCHYLUS III
THE EUMINIDES
THE EUMINIDES
the oresteia -- Review (optional)
WEEK 7 SOPHOCLES I
OEDIPUS REX ESSAY II DUE
ARISTOTLE’S POETICS
ARISTOTLE & OEDIPUS REX
Week 8 SOPHOCLES II
Sophocles & Socrates
OEDIPUS AT COLONUS
OEDIPUS AT COLONUS
Week 9 SOPHOCLES III
ANTIGONE
ANTIGONE
Week 10 EURIPIDES I
The Peloponnesian War ESSAY III
BACCHAE
BACCHAE
Week 11 EURIPIDES II
ELECTRA
ELECTRA
Week 12 EURIPIDES III
ANDROMACHE
ANDROMACHE
Week 13 ARISTOPHANES I
LYSISTRATA
LYSISTRATA
THE FROGS
Week 14 ARISTOPHANES II
THE FROGS
FINAL PROJECT DUE
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