Interpreting Greek Tragedy (for Postgraduates) GREEK5020

  • Academic Session: 2023-24
  • School: School of Humanities
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Either Semester 1 or Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No

Short Description

This course studies a number of Greek tragedies and explores the critical approaches that can be applied to them. It encourages students to develop their own interpretative stance in dialogue with both theoretical perspectives and critical practice.

Timetable

10x1 hr lectures, 10x1 hr seminars over 10 weeks.

Requirements of Entry

Standard Entry to Masters

Excluded Courses

GREEK4008 Greek Tragedy

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

Review 1 (theory) 1000 words - 20%

Review 2 (interpretation) 1000 words - 20%

Essay 3000 words - 60%

Main Assessment In: April/May

Course Aims

This course aims to:

■ study a selection of Greek Tragedy from the three canonical tragedians

■ engage in the interpretation of texts using critical strategies drawn from different traditions, and both ancient and modern

■ explore the scope and limitations of theory in literary criticism, with particular reference to Greek tragedy

■ develop a distinctive and personal critical position in relation to Greek Tragedy

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• identify the formal characteristics of Greek Tragedy as text and performance

• relate the set texts to their social, political and cultural contexts

• explain the theoretical foundations of modern critical approaches and apply them to the set texts

• evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of interpretations derived from different theoretical approaches

•reflect on their own critical stance in relation to Greek tragedy in the light of ancient and modern theories

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.