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Teaching Delivery: This module is taught in 10 weekly classes, each class will comprise a 1-hr lecture and 1hr of group discussion.Ìý

Content:ÌýThe module will study a representative selection of ancient Greek tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides (whole and in fragmentary forms) as well as by anonymous playwrights, in translation. For each session students are expected to have read at least TWO of the items of scholarship in addition to the relevant play(s), and to discuss the questions arising in class. Students are also required to give ONE (oral or written) presentation on a given topic througout the term. The module aims to introduce students to the hugely influential genre of Greek tragedy, both through close reading of the plays, and by locating them within their broader literary, performative, intellectual, political and religious contexts.

Skills:ÌýBy the end of the module, the students should have learnt how to engage in close reading of the texts and make effective use of secondary bibliography in order to analyse and understand the content and context of Greek tragedy. They should be able to read the texts independently and present their conclusions in a coherent and thoughtful manner both orally and in writing.

Introductory reading:

E. Hall Greek Tragedy: Suffering Under the Sun (Oxford, 2010); Csapo E, Wilson P. A Social and Economic History of the Theatre to 300 BC. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2020.

*NB: Greek Tragedy is run biennially and rotates with Greek Comedy in alternate years.Ìý