Department of English Literature
Greek Mythology and Tragedies
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Course title
Greek Mythology and Tragedies
Instructor
Zheng Fei
Instructor’s profile
Dr. Zheng Fei obtained her Ph. D. degree from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Her research interests are Greek Tragedies and Mythology, American Contemporary theaters, corpus analysis on literature as well as British Literature.
Course goals
This course aims to trace back to the origin of western culture and literature, broaden students view on literature, esp. Tragedies, cultivate in students the ability of analyzing cultural and literary phenomena and complexes.
Topics
Topics to be covered in this course include gods, goddesses, Homer’s epics (Iliad and Odyssey), 3 Greek tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides) and their tragedies.
Assessment
Thesis writing (mid-term) and Examination (final)
Reference books
Myth and Tragedy in Ancient Greece, Pierre Vernant & Pierre Vidal-Naquet trans. Janet Lloyd,Zone Books, 1996.
Aeschylus. I,II.Sophocles I,II, Euripides I,II,III,IV, Aeschylus, The University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Greek Tragedies I,II, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides. Trans. Lattimore, David Greene, etc.The University of Chicago Press, 1953.
The Classical Tradition, Richmond,Highet, Gilbert.Oxford University Press, 1997.
The Greek Myth, I, II1, Robert Graves, Penguin Books, 1960.
Working language
English
Notes

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