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ALIT324 Greek and Roman Drama

Updated: 20 May 2008
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites at least 24 cp
Co-requisites None
Restrictions EUCL 224, 324; all units in Myth and Ancient Literature or Classical Literature in Translation with the same number
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Greg Horsley (ghorsley@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The aim of this unit is to introduce students to ancient drama: Greek and Roman tragedy; and Greek and Roman comedy. The course will provide an excellent basis for the two follow-on courses in European tragedy and comedy, EUCL 325 and 326.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Oresteia (trans. R. Fagles)
ISBN: 9780140443332
Aeschylus, Penguin
Text For: Semester 2; On and Off Campus
Antigone (in the Three Theban Plays)
ISBN: 9780140444254
Sophocles (trans. R. Fagles), Penguin
Text For: Semester 2; On and Off Campus
Frogs and Other Plays (revised transl. With new Introduction and Notes)
ISBN: 9780140449693
Aristophanes, Penguin Classics 2007
Text For: Semester 2; On and Off Campus
The Bacchae and Other Plays. (trans. P Vellacott)
ISBN: 9780140440447
Euripides, Penguin
Text For: Semester 2; On and Off Campus
The Rope and Other Plays
ISBN: 9780140441369
Plautus (trans. E.F. Watling), Penguin
Text For: Semester 2; On and Off Campus
Four Tragedies and Octavia
ISBN: 9780140441741
Seneca (trans. E.F. Watling), Penguin
Text For: Semester 2; On and Off Campus
The Comedies
ISBN: 9780140443240
Terence (trans. B. Radice), Penguin
Text For: Semester 2; On and Off Campus
Plays and Fragments.
ISBN: 9780140445015
Menander, (trans. P. Vellacott), Penguin
Text For: Semester 2; On and Off Campus
Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology
ISBN: 9780140512359
Grimal, P. (ed), Penguin
Text For: Semester 2; On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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