Greek tragedy

Greek tragedy

Elizabeth Vandiver, 1956-

Sound recording - 2000

Introduces students to Greek tragedy by setting the plays in their cultural and historical background.

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Subjects
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Greek drama > History and criticism.
Theater > Greece > History.
Published
[Chantilly, VA] : Teaching Co [2000]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Teaching Company
Main Author
Elizabeth Vandiver, 1956- (-)
Corporate Author
Teaching Company (-)
Edition
[PDF workbook version]
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: Literature & language ; Subtopic: Western literature"--Cover.
"Course no. 217"--Disc labels.
24 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
Accompanying CD-ROM contains course workbook in PDF format.
Physical Description
12 audio discs (approximately 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
ISBN
9781565852846
  • Disc 1. Tragedy defined ; Democracy, culture, and tragedy
  • Disc 2. Roots of a genre ; Production and stagecraft
  • Disc 3. Aeschylus, creator of an art form ; The Oresteia, mythic background
  • Disc 4. The Oresteia, Agamemnon ; The Oresteia, Libation bearers and Eumenides
  • Disc 5. A master of spectacle ; The three Electras
  • Disc 6. The Sophoclean hero ; Antigone and Creon
  • Disc 7, Oedipus the King, I ; Oedipus the King, II
  • Disc 8. Two tragedians, one hero ; Greek husband, foreign wife
  • Disc 9. Phaedra, Hippolytus, and Aphrodite's wrath ; Euripides on war and women
  • Disc 10. Euripides the anti-tragedian ; The last plays of Euripides
  • Disc 11. Euripides and the gods ; The last plays of Sophocles
  • Disc 12. Other tragedians and a comedian ; The tragic legacy.

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