Fall 2019

Greek Drama

Listed in: Classics, as CLAS-138  |  Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, as SWAG-138

Formerly listed as: CLAS-38

Faculty

Frederick T. Griffiths (Section 01)

Description

(Offered as CLAS 138 and SWAG 138) This course addresses the staging of politics and gender in selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, with attention to performance and the modern use of the plays to reconstruct systems of sexuality, gender, class, and ethnicity. We also consider Homer's Iliad as a precursor of tragedy, and the remaking of plays in contemporary film, dance, and theater, including Michael Cacoyannis, Electra and The Trojan Women; Martha Graham, Medea and Night Journey; Pier Paolo Pasolini, Edipo Re Medea; Igor Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex; and Spike Lee, Chi-Raq.

Limited to 30 students. Fall semester. Professor Griffiths.

Keywords

Attention to Issues of Gender and Sexuality, Attention to Writing, Transnational or World Cultures Taught in English

Offerings

2022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2009, Spring 2016, Fall 2019