Section outline

  • General

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  • 13 February - 19 February

    Introduction to the Course:

    - The definition and history of Drama

    - Elements of Drama

    - Definition of Tragedy

               Aristotle's Poetics: Five Elements of Tragedy & The Three Unities

  • 20 February - 26 February

    Elements of Drama in Lady Gregory's The Rising of the Moon

    - Characterization

    - Setting

    - Plot

    - Movement

    - Stage Directions

    - Theme

  • 27 February - 4 March

    Greek Tragedies: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

    - The legend (background story)

    - The Characters

    - The Chorus

    - The conflict at the beginning

    - Dramatic Irony

  • 5 March - 11 March

    Oedipus Rex continued: 

    - The oracles

    - Tiresias' conversation with Oedipus

    - Oedipus' hamartia

    - Hubris

    - The Shepard and the Messenger's Arrival


  • 12 March - 18 March

    Oedipus Rex continued:

    - Recognition

    - Point of No Return

    - Oedipus' Destruction

    - The theme of blindness and the general theme of the play

    - Five Elements of Tragedy  and the Three Unities in Oedipus Rex

  • 19 March - 25 March

    Midterm Examinations

  • 26 March - 1 April

    Midterm Examinations

  • 2 April - 8 April

    Greek Tragedies: Medea by Euripides

    - Revenge Tragedies

    - The background story: Jason and the Golden Fleece

    - Characterisation of Medea

    - The Conflict at the beginning of the play

  • 9 April - 15 April

    Medea continued: 

    - Foreshadowings

    - Function of the Chorus

    - Medea's entrance and expression of her situation

    - Conversation between Creon and Medea

    - Creon's characterization

  • 16 April - 22 April

    Medea continued:

    - Medea's plans and manipulations

    - The arguments of both Jason and Medea

    - The function of Aegeus

    - The portrayal of the death of Creon and his dauughter

    - The Chorus' comments

  • 23 April - 29 April

    Medea continued:

    - The murder of the children

    - Different reactions to Medea's actions

    - Dramatic Irony

    - Deus ex machina

    - Final conversation between Jason and Medea

    - Medea's hamartia

  • 30 April - 6 May

    A comparison of Euripides' version of Medea and Seneca's version of Medea. 

    - A brief look at Senecan tragedies.

    - The main differences between the two plays.

  • 7 May - 13 May

    Roman Comedies: The Pot of Gold by Plautus

    - Elements of Comedy

    - Close reading of the play

  • 14 May - 20 May

    A short contemporary play: Trifles by Susan Glaspell

    - Characterization

    - Main conflict

    - Symbols

    - The significance of the title

    - Irony