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Lecturer(s)
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Pavlišová Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Bernátek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction into the ways of interpreting ancient drama (i.e. mythological approach, close reading, performance criticism, and ritualistic approach), their advantages, disadvantages, and limits 2. Introduction to the selected tragedy 3.-11. Reading the tragedy 12. Presentation of students projects
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
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Learning outcomes
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The course is dealing with the possibilities of interpreting ancient tragedies through different methods (clpse reading, performance criticism etc.) The chosen tragedy will be examinated from the perspective of the historical context, authorial personnage, genre characteristics, pragmatic aspects, etc.
At the end of the course student will be able to: - independetly interpret chosen ancient tragedies through different methodological aproaches; - apply information from secondary literature on given texts and take a critical aproach towards them;
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Prerequisites
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The ability of reading a drama in English.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Seminar Work
Credits given based on homework, class work, and group project. Attendance is obligatory (min. of 70%).
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Recommended literature
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ARROWSMITH, W. (1959). Criticism of Greek Tragedy, The Tulane Drama Review 3: 3, s. 31-57.
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ECO, Umberto. (2004). Meze interpretace. Praha: Karolinum.
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EURIPIDES. (2011). Bacchantes. Translated by Reginald Gibbons. Oxford University Press.
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GELLRICH, M. (1995). Interpreting Greek Tragedy: History, Theory and the New Philology, in: GOFF, History, Tragedy, Theory: Dialogues on Athenian Drama, s. 38-58..
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GOLDHILL, S. (1997). Modern critical approaches to Greek tragedy. in: EASTERLING, The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy, s. 324-348. Cambridge.
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GOLDHILL, S. (1986). Reading Greek Tragedy. Cambridge University Press.
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POLÁČKOVÁ, Eliška. (2012). Český překlad antických her : Quo Vadis? (Czech translation of ancient drama : Quo Vadis?). Theatralia, 2012, roč. 15, č. 1, p. 136-150..
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Rush Rehm (ed.). (1992). Greek tragic theatre. New York: Routledge.
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STEHLÍKOVÁ, Eva. (1991). Řecké divadlo klasické doby. KLP.
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VERNANT, JEAN-PIERRE. (1990). Myth and Tragedy in Ancient Greece. New York: Zone Books.
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WILES, David. (2000). Greek theatre performance : an introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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