Literature 3104 - Modern Tragedy

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Bard College

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All tragedies see the human condition as doomed. In classical Greek tragedy, the protagonist's fate is externalized as something beyond human control; in more recent tragedy, fate is more or less internalized as a flaw in the protagonist's character. Today's protagonist isincreasingly seen as a victim of circumstance, a scapegoat. Fate is sometimes externalized as history, war, or society and sometimes internalized; in either case, the protagonist is so reduced in stature that 20th-century tragedy is merely ironic. The complex history of tragedy is viewed in the light of major theories of Aristotle, Hegel, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and others. Study includes the disappearance and revival of the chorus, as well as works by Marlowe, Shakespeare, Goethe, Kleist, Buchner, Dostoevsky, Ibsen, Strindberg, O'Neill, Brecht, Sartre, and Miller.

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4.00

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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