Assignments

For assignments due 19-Mar through to end of semester, please check Syllabus, Required Texts for alternative (inexpensive and free) editions of required readings.

Current as of 12 May, 2020

Assignments due by beginning of class on indicated days. Schedule subject to change at instructor's discretion.

21-Jan	Introduction to class. (No assignment.)
Introduction to Ancient Athenian Tragedy
23-Jan	Sophocles: Antigone 1 (Penguin, pp. 59-107). For this and all assignments, the Study Guide is req'd reading.
28-Jan	Sophocles: Antigone 2 (finish). Study Guide.
30-Jan	Readings in Honig Antigone, Interrupted. Study Guide with journal prompt and text access/page assignments info. When you see "with journal prompt," that means that a myCourses Reader Response Journal entry is a required part of the assignment. See Syllabus for the how-to of that.
4-Feb	Greek Tragedy: origins, ancient practice, ancient theory. Study Guide with journal prompt and text access/page assignments info.
6-Feb	Euripides: Bacchae 1 (Signet, pp. 395-430). Study Guide.
11-Feb	Euripides: Bacchae 2 (pp. 430-456). Study Guide with journal prompt.
Aeschylus: Tragedy Takes Wing
13-Feb	Aeschylus: Persians (Oxford, all). Quiz 1. Study Guide (reading, quiz).
18-Feb	Aeschylus: Agamemnon 1 (Penguin, pp. 103-141 top). Study Guide.
20-Feb	Aeschylus: Agamemnon 2 (141-172). Study Guide.
25-Feb	Aeschylus: Libation Bearers (Penguin, all). Study Guide. (No journal entry this class.)
27-Feb	Aeschylus: Eumenides (Penguin, all). Study Guide with journal prompt.
Sophocles Continued: Athenian Tragedy Perfected?
3-Mar	Sophocles: Oedipus the King (Penguin, all). Study Guide.
10-Mar	[class cancelled]
12-Mar	[class cancelled]
17-Mar	[class cancelled]
19-Mar	Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus READ ALL. Study Guide with journal prompt.
24-Mar	Midterm exam on readings, discussions, lectures 21-Jan through 19-Mar. Study Guide. No class meeting, just work on the midterm by yourselves. This will be a take-home exam. The exam paper (the the part that I write) will be shared via myCourses announcement the morning of 24-Mar. No blue books: you will type your responses into a document saved in word format (.doc, .docx, .rtf — you can use Word, Google docs, etc. for that), clearly marking the questions/prompts that you are responding to. You will then upload the result to the Turnitin link on myCourses. Do that by, at the latest, noon (12pm) on Wed, 25-Mar, when the link disappears.
Euripides: Avant-Guard Master? Decadent Practicioner?
26-Mar	Euripides: Iphigenia at Aulis. READ WHOLE PLAY. Study Guide with journal prompt.
31-Mar	Euripides: Cyclops (Signet, all). Study Guide.
Aristophanes Frogs: Athenian Tragedy on Trial
2-Apr	Aristophanes: Frogs (print text, Focus/Hackett, all). Study Guide with journal prompt.
Rome & Seneca: More of the Same or Something Else?
14-Apr	Roman Tragedy, Introduction. Study Guide with journal prompt and text access/page assignments info.
16-Apr	Seneca: Phaedra part 1 (Penguin). Pages 98-127. That's the beginning of play to partway through Act 2, just before the chorus that praises Hyppolytus' beauty. Study Guide.
21-Apr	Two things: Quiz 2. Seneca: Phaedra part 2 (Penguin). Pages 127 (chorus on H's beauty) to end. Study Guide.
23-Apr	Seneca: Thyestes, all (Penguin). Study Guide with journal prompt.
28-Apr	Pseudo-Seneca: Octavia (Penguin, all). Study Guide.
Anouilh's Antigone: What is Tragedy and What's It Good For?
30-Apr	Anouilh: Antigone, pt 1: (pdf book) page 79 (start of play) to bottom of page 108 (ANTIGONE "You're wrong" etc.) Study Guide.
5-May	Anouilh: Antigone, pt 2: bottom of page 108 (CREON "The pride of Oedipus" etc.) to end of play (p. 137).Study Guide with journal prompt. Course wrap-up.
13-May	Final exam. 13-May. Focus on readings, discussions, lectures since midterm, + essay synthesizing material studied since beginning of semester; see more here. Study Guide. This will be a take-home exam, just like the midterm. The exam paper (the the part that I write) will be shared via myCourses announcement the morning of 13-May. No blue books: you will type your responses into a document saved in word format (.doc, .docx, .rtf — you can use Word, Google docs, etc. for that), clearly marking the questions/prompts that you are responding to. You will then upload the result to Turnitin via the "Final Exam Download/Upload" link on myCourses. Do that by, at the latest, noon (12pm) on Thu, 14-May.