CLAS 215 - Ancient Drama and Its Influence

FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2011

Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement. In this course we study ancient tragedy and comedy, both Greek and Roman, and look, too, at the cultural forces shaping ancient drama and some of the influence on later drama and thought. In addition to later plays that hail from ancient drama, we consider some philosophical interpretations of the significance of drama, and, in particular, tragedy.Crotty.