CLST 122 - The Tragic Muse

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University of Pennsylvania

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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Although many of us feel that we can recognize tragic stories, films, and even individuals, we would probably be hard- pressed to come up with a definition of tragedy itself. In this course, we will be exploring the definitions and uses of Greco-Roman tragedy within western literary and intellectual history. In particular, we will focus on the subject of the individual in tragedy: representations of the rational and irrational mind and the relationship between violence and the tragic body. We will see how the ancient texts formulate these notions and examine the place of tragedy in later theories of the self and civilization. In addition to a number of "classic" tragedies by authors such as Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca, we will be reading works by later (philosopher-) thinkers such as Aristotle, E. R. Dodds, Antonin Artaud, and Friedrich Nietzsche.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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