Dear all,
Thank you all for your contributions this week: you did really well raising lots of questions and discussion points! :-)
Before the class on Tuesday, please ensure you finish reading Bacchae (if you haven't already). Please also read the extracts uploaded:
- from James Morwood's The Plays of Euripides and Seaford's Bacchae commentary
- Anne Carson's version of Bacchae, including her verse foreword/prologue/translator's note ("If I were 2 dogs...") and her essay on tragedy from Grief Lessons
- short extracts from Wole Soyinka's Bacchae are coming soon (waiting for my print copy to arrive to not break copyright in uploading passages)...
- (NB The handout and slides are uploaded for anyone who wants to read ahead for accessibility reasons: generally, I'm not expecting you to though)
Please bring to the class:
- your handout from last week (you can download this if you couldn't make last class, and the slides are uploaded under Week 3 if you need to catch up)
- access to the Gibbons translation (ebook via TALIS list, or on paper if you have it) and the Carson extracts
- more questions /comments /enthusiasm!
Take care, and look forward to seeing you next week,
Rachel
