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| Unit Three is devoted to the intersection of comedy
and tragedy — that is, tragedy as both genre and as a fact
of Athenian life during the Peloponnesian war.
By reading plays of the tragedian Euripides (c.
485 - 406 BCE), and the New Comedian, Menander (c. 344 - 292 BCE), students will both explore the line between comedy and tragedy, and assess how the decline of a city yields a paradigm shift in its comedy. |
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Saturday,
March 5 |
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Due: |
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-- Project: Treatment (by 11:00 p.m.) |
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Tuesday,
March 8 |
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Due: |
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-- Project: Treatment and DC comments |
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Topics
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-- Project: All-class meeting |
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Thursday,
March 10 |
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Midterm
examination |
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Tuesday,
March 15 |
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Spring
break |
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No classes held |
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Thursday,
March 17 |
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Spring
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No classes held |
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Tuesday,
March 22 |
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Due: |
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Podcast: Menander and New Comedy
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Menander, Grouch (Lenaea 316, first prize)
-- Reflections on Grouch (by noon) |
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Topics
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-- New comedy versus Old Comedy
-- Video:
Secret A**hole (Liz DeVito, Theater '12) |
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Thursday,
March 24 |
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Topics
for today: |
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-- Project: All-class meeting |
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Saturday,
March 26 |
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Due: |
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Project: Rough script (by 11:00 p.m.) |
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Tuesday,
March 29 |
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Due: |
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Menander, Girl from Samos (c. 310)
-- Reflections on Girl from Samos (by noon) |
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Topics
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Discussion: Girl from Samos
-- Staging: Alpha |
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