KRBcB12 The Politics of Greek Tragedy

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jaroslav Daneš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Juraj Franek, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 13:20–15:45 2.01
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Students ought to arrive at the knowledge that ancient Greek tragic poetry was political since life in a city-state and its inversion was a key issue of the tragic drama. All these seminar lectures will revolve around three fundamental questions: 1. Are we entitled to talk about Greek tragedy as a political institution? 2. What are the methods of reading Greek tragedy and what results do we expect to get? 3. What is the relation of the extant tragedies to the ideology of Athenian democracy and empire?
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: Athens and her political tragic theatre. 2. Methodology, or what are the ways of reading of ancient Greek tragedy? 3. Two faces of Ulysses: SophoclesʾAjax. 4. Two faces of Ulysses: Sophoclesʾ Philoctetes. 5. Two faces of Ulysses: Euripidesʾ Hecuba. 6. Athenian ideology and tragic drama: Aeschylusʾ Persians. 7. Athenian ideology and tragic drama: Euripidesʾ Ion. 8. Athenian ideology and tragic drama: Euripidesʾ Supplian tWomen. 9. In what sense was the ancient Greek tragedy an instrument of civic education? 10. Aristotle contra Plato about the ancient Greek tragedy as an instrument of civic education. 11. Gender and tragedy. 12. Gender and tragedy. 13. Final recap.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ZELENAK, Michael X. Gender and politics in Greek tragedy. New York: Peter Lang, 2005, 156 s. ISBN 0820440604. info
  • The Cambridge companion to Greek tragedy. Edited by P. E. Easterling. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, xvii, 392. ISBN 0521423511. info
Teaching methods
Lecture and seminar lecture a week (reading Greek tragedy, discussion and interpretation)
Assessment methods
Test or oral exam (it depends on the number of students)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
General note: Nezbytná je elementární znalost klasické řečtiny.
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