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Fiona Macintosh talks with distinguished playwright Frank McGuinness about his work in adapting Greek tragedies for modern theatre, particularly Antigone and The Medea. Fiona Macintosh talks with distinguished playwright Frank McGuinness about his work in adapting Greek tragedies for modern theatre, particularly Antigone and The Medea.

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literature | literature | Euripides | Euripides | theatre | theatre | Medea | Medea | Antigone | Antigone | tragedy | tragedy | adaptation | adaptation | classics | classics | Sophocles | Sophocles | Bag Lady | Bag Lady | literature | Euripides | theatre | Medea | Antigone | tragedy | adaptation | classics | Sophocles | Bag Lady | 2009-11-24 | literature | Euripides | theatre | Medea | Antigone | tragedy | adaptation | classics | Sophocles | Bag Lady | 2009-11-24

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This subject introduces the student to some of the literary, philosophical and religious texts which became major sources of assumption about the nature of the universe and mankind's place within it and which continue to underlie the characteristically Western sense of things to this day. In particular, the subject will study closely texts from two broad ranges of texts, those of ancient Greece and some major texts of the Judeo-Christian tradition, which rivals the tradition of the ancient world and in many ways contests with it.In our discussions we will also examine the claims made in behalf of our texts that they are classics and we will explore some of the historical, literary, intellectual, and ethical significance that the question "what is a classic?" has had at different This subject introduces the student to some of the literary, philosophical and religious texts which became major sources of assumption about the nature of the universe and mankind's place within it and which continue to underlie the characteristically Western sense of things to this day. In particular, the subject will study closely texts from two broad ranges of texts, those of ancient Greece and some major texts of the Judeo-Christian tradition, which rivals the tradition of the ancient world and in many ways contests with it.In our discussions we will also examine the claims made in behalf of our texts that they are classics and we will explore some of the historical, literary, intellectual, and ethical significance that the question "what is a classic?" has had at different

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western | western | culture | culture | literature | literature | judeo-christian | judeo-christian | philosophy | philosophy | religion | religion | greece | greece | classic | classic | history | history | civilization | civilization | Homer | Homer | Aeschylus | Aeschylus | Sophocles | Sophocles | Euripides | Euripides | Thucydides | Thucydides | Plato | Plato | Aristotle | Aristotle | Saint Augustine | Saint Augustine | Dante | Dante | bible | bible | classics | classics | western civilization | western civilization | Rome | Rome

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As we read broadly from throughout the vast chronological period that is "Homer to Dante," we will pepper our readings of individual ancient and medieval texts with broader questions like: what images, themes, and philosophical questions recur through the period; are there distinctly "classical" or "medieval" ways of depicting or addressing them; and what do terms like "Antiquity" or "the Middle Ages" even mean? (What are the Middle Ages in the "middle" of, for example?) Our texts will include adventure tales of travel and self-discovery (Homer's Odyssey and Dante's Inferno); courtroom dramas of vengeance and reconciliation (Aeschylus's Oresteia and the Icelandic Njáls saga); short poems of love and transformation (Ovid's Met As we read broadly from throughout the vast chronological period that is "Homer to Dante," we will pepper our readings of individual ancient and medieval texts with broader questions like: what images, themes, and philosophical questions recur through the period; are there distinctly "classical" or "medieval" ways of depicting or addressing them; and what do terms like "Antiquity" or "the Middle Ages" even mean? (What are the Middle Ages in the "middle" of, for example?) Our texts will include adventure tales of travel and self-discovery (Homer's Odyssey and Dante's Inferno); courtroom dramas of vengeance and reconciliation (Aeschylus's Oresteia and the Icelandic Njáls saga); short poems of love and transformation (Ovid's Met

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western | western | culture | culture | literature | literature | judeo-christian | judeo-christian | philosophy | philosophy | religion | religion | greece | greece | classic | classic | history | history | civilization | civilization | Homer | Homer | Aeschylus | Aeschylus | Sophocles | Sophocles | Euripides | Euripides | Thucydides | Thucydides | Plato | Plato | Aristotle | Aristotle | Saint Augustine | Saint Augustine | Dante | Dante | bible | bible | world | world | westernization | westernization

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This course investigates relationships between two media, film and literature, studying works linked across the two media by genre, topic, and style. It aims to sharpen appreciation of major works of cinema and of literary narrative. The course explores how artworks challenge and cross cultural, political and aesthetic boundaries. It includes some attention to theory of narrative. Films to be studied include works by Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, Francis Ford Coppolla, Clint Eastwood, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, and Federico Fellini, among others. Literary works include texts by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Honoré de Balzac, Henry James and F. Scott Fitzgerald. This course investigates relationships between two media, film and literature, studying works linked across the two media by genre, topic, and style. It aims to sharpen appreciation of major works of cinema and of literary narrative. The course explores how artworks challenge and cross cultural, political and aesthetic boundaries. It includes some attention to theory of narrative. Films to be studied include works by Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, Francis Ford Coppolla, Clint Eastwood, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, and Federico Fellini, among others. Literary works include texts by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Honoré de Balzac, Henry James and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Media | film | Media | film | literature | literature | genre | genre | topic | topic | style | style | cinema | cinema | literary narrative | literary narrative | cultural | cultural | political | political | aesthetic | aesthetic | boundaries | boundaries | theory of narrative | theory of narrative | Akira Kurosawa | Akira Kurosawa | John Ford | John Ford | Francis Ford Coppolla | Francis Ford Coppolla | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood | Orson Welles | Orson Welles | Billy Wilder | Billy Wilder | Federico Fellini | Federico Fellini | Aeschylus | Aeschylus | Sophocles | Sophocles | Shakespeare | Shakespeare | Cervantes | Cervantes | Honor? de Balzac | Honor? de Balzac | Henry James | Henry James | F. Scott Fitzgerald | F. Scott Fitzgerald

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This class will investigate the ways in which the formal aspects of Western storytelling in various media have shaped both fantasies and perceptions, making certain understandings of experience possible through the selection, arrangement, and processing of narrative material. Surveying the field chronologically across the major narrative genres and sub-genres from Homeric epic through the novel and across media to include live performance, film, and video games, we will be examining the ways in which new ideologies and psychological insights become available through the development of various narrative techniques and new technologies. Emphasis will be placed on the generic conventions of story-telling as well as on literary and cultural issues, the role of media and modes of transmission, This class will investigate the ways in which the formal aspects of Western storytelling in various media have shaped both fantasies and perceptions, making certain understandings of experience possible through the selection, arrangement, and processing of narrative material. Surveying the field chronologically across the major narrative genres and sub-genres from Homeric epic through the novel and across media to include live performance, film, and video games, we will be examining the ways in which new ideologies and psychological insights become available through the development of various narrative techniques and new technologies. Emphasis will be placed on the generic conventions of story-telling as well as on literary and cultural issues, the role of media and modes of transmission,

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literature | literature | western | western | narrative | narrative | storytelling | storytelling | media | media | epic | epic | novel | novel | performance | performance | film | film | video games | video games | ideology | ideology | psychology | psychology | technology | technology | culture | culture | literary theory | literary theory | anthropology | anthropology | communication | communication | Homer | Homer | Sophocles | Sophocles | Herodotus | Herodotus | Christian evangelists | Christian evangelists | Marie de France | Marie de France | Cervantes | Cervantes | La Clos | La Clos | Poe | Poe | Lang | Lang | Cocteau | Cocteau | Disney | Disney | Pixar | Pixar | Maxis | Maxis | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts | Propp | Propp | Bakhtin | Bakhtin | Girard | Girard | Freud | Freud | Marx | Marx

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First dialogue between Oliver Taplin and Joshua Billings on tragedy: they discuss what 'tragedy' means, from its origins in Greek culture to philosophical notions of what tragedy and tragic drama are. Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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aesthetics | Euripides | theatre | philosophy | Sophocles | drama | #greatwriters | shakespeare | aristotle | tragedy | greek literature | aesthetics | Euripides | theatre | philosophy | Sophocles | drama | #greatwriters | shakespeare | aristotle | tragedy | greek literature

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First dialogue between Oliver Taplin and Joshua Billings on tragedy: they discuss what 'tragedy' means, from its origins in Greek culture to philosophical notions of what tragedy and tragic drama are.

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aesthetics | Euripides | theatre | philosophy | Sophocles | drama | #greatwriters | shakespeare | aristotle | tragedy | greek literature | aesthetics | Euripides | theatre | philosophy | Sophocles | drama | #greatwriters | shakespeare | aristotle | tragedy | greek literature

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This course investigates the relationship between urban architecture and political, social, and cultural history of Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. It surveys and analyzes archeological and literary evidence, including the sanctuary of Athena on the Acropolis, the Agora, Greek houses, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, plays of Sophocles and Aristophanes, and the panhellenic sanctuaries of Delphi and Olympia. This course investigates the relationship between urban architecture and political, social, and cultural history of Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. It surveys and analyzes archeological and literary evidence, including the sanctuary of Athena on the Acropolis, the Agora, Greek houses, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, plays of Sophocles and Aristophanes, and the panhellenic sanctuaries of Delphi and Olympia.

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Pericles | Pericles | Athens | Athens | Greece | Greece | Acropolis | Acropolis | Agora | Agora | Plutarch | Plutarch | Herodotus | Herodotus | Thucydies | Thucydies | Peloponnesian War | Peloponnesian War | democracy | democracy | Panathenaea | Panathenaea | festival of Athena | festival of Athena | Festival of Dionysus | Festival of Dionysus | gymnasia | gymnasia | Sophocles | Sophocles | Aristophanes | Aristophanes | Plato | Plato | Symposium | Symposium | Delphi | Delphi | Pythian Apollo | Pythian Apollo | Delphic Oracle | Delphic Oracle | Olympia | Olympia

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This class will investigate the ways in which the formal aspects of Western storytelling in various media have shaped both fantasies and perceptions, making certain understandings of experience possible through the selection, arrangement, and processing of narrative material. Surveying the field chronologically across the major narrative genres and sub-genres from Homeric epic through the novel and across media to include live performance, film, and video games, we will be examining the ways in which new ideologies and psychological insights become available through the development of various narrative techniques and new technologies. Emphasis will be placed on the generic conventions of story-telling as well as on literary and cultural issues, the role of media and modes of transmission,

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literature | western | narrative | storytelling | media | epic | novel | performance | film | video games | ideology | psychology | technology | culture | literary theory | anthropology | communication | Homer | Sophocles | Herodotus | Christian evangelists | Marie de France | Cervantes | La Clos | Poe | Lang | Cocteau | Disney | Pixar | Maxis | Electronic Arts | Propp | Bakhtin | Girard | Freud | Marx

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Video of lecture by Robert Crawford for the “Remake/Remodel” theme

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lecture | Remake/Remodel | Rob Crawford | video | Classics | drama | Greece | Sophocles | theatre | tragedy

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This subject introduces the student to some of the literary, philosophical and religious texts which became major sources of assumption about the nature of the universe and mankind's place within it and which continue to underlie the characteristically Western sense of things to this day. In particular, the subject will study closely texts from two broad ranges of texts, those of ancient Greece and some major texts of the Judeo-Christian tradition, which rivals the tradition of the ancient world and in many ways contests with it.In our discussions we will also examine the claims made in behalf of our texts that they are classics and we will explore some of the historical, literary, intellectual, and ethical significance that the question "what is a classic?" has had at different

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western | culture | literature | judeo-christian | philosophy | religion | greece | classic | history | civilization | Homer | Aeschylus | Sophocles | Euripides | Thucydides | Plato | Aristotle | Saint Augustine | Dante | bible | classics | western civilization | Rome

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This course investigates the relationship between urban architecture and political, social, and cultural history of Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. It surveys and analyzes archeological and literary evidence, including the sanctuary of Athena on the Acropolis, the Agora, Greek houses, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, plays of Sophocles and Aristophanes, and the panhellenic sanctuaries of Delphi and Olympia.

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Pericles | Athens | Greece | Acropolis | Agora | Plutarch | Herodotus | Thucydies | Peloponnesian War | democracy | Panathenaea | festival of Athena | Festival of Dionysus | gymnasia | Sophocles | Aristophanes | Plato | Symposium | Delphi | Pythian Apollo | Delphic Oracle | Olympia

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As we read broadly from throughout the vast chronological period that is "Homer to Dante," we will pepper our readings of individual ancient and medieval texts with broader questions like: what images, themes, and philosophical questions recur through the period; are there distinctly "classical" or "medieval" ways of depicting or addressing them; and what do terms like "Antiquity" or "the Middle Ages" even mean? (What are the Middle Ages in the "middle" of, for example?) Our texts will include adventure tales of travel and self-discovery (Homer's Odyssey and Dante's Inferno); courtroom dramas of vengeance and reconciliation (Aeschylus's Oresteia and the Icelandic Nj�ls saga); short poems of love and transformation (Ovid's Met

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western | culture | literature | judeo-christian | philosophy | religion | greece | classic | history | civilization | Homer | Aeschylus | Sophocles | Euripides | Thucydides | Plato | Aristotle | Saint Augustine | Dante | bible | world | westernization

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This course investigates relationships between two media, film and literature, studying works linked across the two media by genre, topic, and style. It aims to sharpen appreciation of major works of cinema and of literary narrative. The course explores how artworks challenge and cross cultural, political and aesthetic boundaries. It includes some attention to theory of narrative. Films to be studied include works by Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, Francis Ford Coppolla, Clint Eastwood, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, and Federico Fellini, among others. Literary works include texts by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Honoré de Balzac, Henry James and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Media | film | literature | genre | topic | style | cinema | literary narrative | cultural | political | aesthetic | boundaries | theory of narrative | Akira Kurosawa | John Ford | Francis Ford Coppolla | Clint Eastwood | Orson Welles | Billy Wilder | Federico Fellini | Aeschylus | Sophocles | Shakespeare | Cervantes | Honor? de Balzac | Henry James | F. Scott Fitzgerald

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This class will investigate the ways in which the formal aspects of Western storytelling in various media have shaped both fantasies and perceptions, making certain understandings of experience possible through the selection, arrangement, and processing of narrative material. Surveying the field chronologically across the major narrative genres and sub-genres from Homeric epic through the novel and across media to include live performance, film, and video games, we will be examining the ways in which new ideologies and psychological insights become available through the development of various narrative techniques and new technologies. Emphasis will be placed on the generic conventions of story-telling as well as on literary and cultural issues, the role of media and modes of transmission,

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literature | western | narrative | storytelling | media | epic | novel | performance | film | video games | ideology | psychology | technology | culture | literary theory | anthropology | communication | Homer | Sophocles | Herodotus | Christian evangelists | Marie de France | Cervantes | La Clos | Poe | Lang | Cocteau | Disney | Pixar | Maxis | Electronic Arts | Propp | Bakhtin | Girard | Freud | Marx

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This course is a study of the history of theater art and practice from its origins to the modern period, including its roles in non-western cultures. Special attention is given to the relationship between the literary and performative dimensions of drama, and the relationship between drama and its cultural context.

Subjects

drama | Brecht | modern theatre | Octoroon | Elam | Cixous | Hroswitha | Boucicault | Trifles | Aristotle | Poetics | Sophocles | Oedipus | Euripides | Medea | Dulcitius | York Crucifixion | Kan'ami | Matsukaze | Japan | Zeami | Calderon | Life is a Dream | A Doll's House | Modern Europe | Churchill | Cloud Nine | Street Scene | Treadwell | Machinal | Fires in the Mirror | Anna Deavere Smith | Gao | The Other Shore | realism | semiotics | Western Origins | England | America | performance art | China

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Sophocles, Oedipus Edition used: Oxford, Trans. Stephen Berg & Diskin Clay     More material related to Sophocles Image attribution: Gustave Moreau, Oedipus and the Sphinx, public domain on Wikimedia Commons  

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lecture | Rob Crawford | video | Oedipus | Sophocles

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