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Course goals
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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.
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Topics
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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.
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Reference books
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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.
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