COM507 - European Tragedy - 2022/23

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Here are the passages from Aristotle's Poetics for the first seminar activity.

This 45-minute episode of the Radio 4 series In Our Time offers a compact introduction to Aristotle's text by experts on the subject. Recommended listening to accompany the introduction to the translation by Malcolm Heath.

This has the key questions from the slides. You might prefer to type into it in class, though I'll bring some printouts too.

It's in open document format for anyone who doesn't have Word -- but it does also open on Word!

These are the slides from the class. I'm uploading them as Powerpoint because of some animations, but if you need an opensource format let me know and I can add that too. (Not adding right now to avoid confusion!).

These are the slides for the class in case anyone needs to see them in advance for accessibility reasons. (You don't otherwise need to look at these in advance). The questions are the same as the handout, and you should read the separate extracts slides rather than these ones.

Please read these in advance of the class and bring them with you (on a screen is fine, and you'll be comparing with the Gibbons e-book)

Extracts from Soyinka's play. NB the main extracts are the in the week 4 class slides, so you can compare them and the Carson extracts easily. This file also includes a bit of the introduction and back cover blurb.

Please read these in advance of the class. You don't need to print to bring with you, but it will help you to have read them in discussion (and the Morwood especially is very accessible/helpful).

The handout for the Week 4 class on Bacchae in case you want to type into it during the class. You will also need the Week 3 handout please (with your notes from last week).

Redefining tragedy in the twentieth century.

Blood Wedding : discussion of acts 1 & 2

This is not the edition to use for reference in essay writing. It is just for you to read if you want to read in Spanis and have no access to a printed version (preferably the Ramsden edition).

Uploading these so you can watch the extracts in full later if you wish and prepare next week's questions :-)

A performance of Endgame starring David Thewlis and Michael Gambon (2000).

An engaging overview of Beckett's life and work.

Helpful for contextualising Kierkegaard's essay on tragedy

If you missed the session, please work independently on the questions at the end of the slide.