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Course Description

The Year 2 seminar is devoted to three great plays: Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Euripides' The Bacchae, and Shakespeare's Anthony & Cleopatra. A close reading of Aristotle's Poetics will enhance our understanding of the nature of tragedy as a dramatic genre. We will compare the treatment of themes such as power, politics, deception, passion, order, chaos, and art in ancient and modern poetic drama. The Tutorial is a close reading of Homer's epic poem, The Iliad.

Course Outline

Year 2 Autumn Reading Schedule

Seminar

Week Seminar
1 Sophocles, Oedipus the King, lines 1-215 
2 Sophocles, Oedipus the King, lines 216-910
3 Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Line 911-end
4 Aristotle, Poetics, Chapters 1-13
5 Aristotle, Poetics, Chapters 14-17
6 Aristotle, Poetics, Chapters 18-26
7 Euripides, Bacchae, lines 1-861
8 Euripides, Bacchae, 861-end
9 Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act I-III
10 Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Acts IV-V

Tutorial

Week Tutorial
1 Iliad, Book 1
2 Book 2
3 Book 3
4 Book 4
5 Books 5-8
6 Books 9-12
7 Books 13-16
8 Books 17-20
9 Books 21-23
10 Book 24

Required Texts

  • Sophocles: Sophocles I, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 978-0226311517.
  • Aristotle: Poetics, trans. by James Hutton, Norton, ISBN 978-0393952162.
  • Euripides: Euripides V, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 978-0226308982.
  • Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra, Bantam, ISBN 978-0553212891.
  • Homer: Iliad Fagles, trans., Penguin, ISBN 978-0140445923.

Purchase

Books are available using the Textbook order form from the Gleacher Center Bookstore online , or by using the ISBN number to order the correct edition elsewhere.

Notes

Online registration deadline: Tuesday, September 19 at 5 pm CT

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Prerequisites

Students must have completed at least one quarter of Year 1 before enrolling in Year 2.

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Basic Program Year Two: Autumn
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6:00PM to 9:15PM
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Oct 01, 2024 to Dec 10, 2024
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32.5
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  • Online
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Tuition Fee non-credit $540.00
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11:15AM to 12:45PM
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11:15AM to 12:45PM
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Oct 03, 2024 to Dec 12, 2024
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30.0
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Basic Program Year Two: Autumn
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9:30AM to 12:45PM
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Oct 01, 2024 to Dec 10, 2024
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  • University of Chicago Gleacher Center
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Basic Program Year Two: Autumn
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1:30PM to 4:45PM
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Oct 01, 2024 to Dec 10, 2024
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32.5
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Basic Program Year Two: Autumn
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9:30AM to 12:45PM
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Oct 02, 2024 to Dec 11, 2024
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32.5
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Basic Program Year Two: Autumn
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Oct 02, 2024 to Dec 11, 2024
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32.5
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Basic Program Year Two: Autumn
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Oct 03, 2024 to Dec 12, 2024
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