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CRICOS Provider Code: 00586B
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Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Special note: may be studied as an English unit
Unit description:
Examines the handling of Greek myth in Euripides, Seneca and Racine. The unit starts with a number of fifth century Greek tragedies which have proved particularly influential in European culture and then examines how they have been rewritten by tragedians in the classical tradition.
Staff | Assoc Prof PJ Davis | For information on staff, turn to relevant Faculty website University phone and email search phone email |
Unit weight | 12.5% | To see normal University Admission requirements |
Teaching pattern | 2 lectures weekly, tutorial fortnightly | Timetable |
Prerequisites | 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv | |
Assessment mode | 3,000 words written work (50%), 2-hr exam in June (50%) | Examinations timetable (Users will need to know their login name (POP account) and password) |
Required texts etc | Euripides, Alcestis, Medea, Heracleidae, Hippolytus,
Grene D & Lattimore R (eds), ISBN 0226307808 Euripides, Hecuba, Adromache, Trojan Women, Ion, Grene D & Lattimore R (eds), ISBN 0226307824 Seneca, Four Tragedies and Octavia, tr Watling, ISBN 0140441743 Racine, Andromache, Britannicus, Berenice, tr Cairncross, ISBN 0140441956 Racine, Iphigenia, Phaedra, Athaliah, tr Cairncross, ISBN 0140441220 |
Library Catalogue
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Majors: [Discipline and school information] | Ancient Civilisations
English |
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Courses | Bachelor of Arts (See also combined degrees) | |
Faculty website | Faculty of Arts |
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