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This course will examine the great heroes (and heroines) a of key dramatic texts from the Ancients to the beginning of the 20th Century.
This course is designed to attract both new students with a strong interest in literature and those who have taken other literature classes and want a more detailed analysis of the evolution of European drama.
1. Introduction
2. Euripides - Hippolytus
3. Seneca - Phaedra
4. Lope de Vega - Fuente Ovejuna
5. Molière - Tartuffe
6. Aphra Behn - The Rover
7. John Gay - The Beggar's Opera
8. Georg Büchner - Leonce and Lena
9. Henrik Ibsen - The Wild Duck
10. Anton Chekhov - Uncle Vanya
Discussion-based classes, with a short introductory lecture in every session.
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
Demonstrate a good general understanding of how European drama has evolved from antiquity to the end of 19th Century:
Engage critically with fictional texts, describing and analysing themes and techniques:
Discuss the social, political and cultural context in which the texts analysed were created.
Euripides, 2008. Medea and Other Plays. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics
Seneca, 2010. Six Tragedies. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics
Vega, Lope de, 2008. Three Major Plays. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics
Molière, 2008. The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and Other Plays. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics
Behn, Aphra, 2008. The Rover and Other Plays. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics
Gay, John, 2013. The Beggar's Opera and Polly. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics
Büchner, Georg, 2008. Danton's Death, Leonce and Lena, Woyzeck. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics
Ibsen, Henrik, 2009. An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics
Chekhov, Anton, 2008. Five Plays. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics
Fragments from critical appraisal of the works and authors will provide background and facilitate teaching.
If you have questions regarding the course or enrolment, please contact COL Reception at Paterson's Land by email COL@ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 650 4400.
If you have a disability, learning difficulty or health condition which may affect your studies, please let us know by ticking the 'specific support needs' box on your course application form. This will allow us to make appropriate adjustments in advance and in accordance with your rights under the Equality Act 2010. For more information please visit the Student Support section of our website.