GRK30060

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:

* translate the text with confidence and accuracy;
* evaluate modern interpretations of the text;
* answer questions on specific points in the text;
* construct a relevant and analytical essay on the text.

Indicative Module Content:

Indicative Coursework Essay Titles

(a) ‘The questions are indeed answered and the conflicts resolved’ (Richard Seaford). Is this a fair assessment of Eumenides as a conclusion to the Oresteia?

(b) How far should Eumenides be seen as ‘a play for its day’ (Alan Sommerstein)?

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

The module is taught in small classes, typically 2-3 students, and focuses on reading the text in Greek and discussing points of interest. There will be 18 classes in total.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Learning Requirements:

Students taking this module should have some experience of reading unadapted Greek texts.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will receive detailed individual feedback on all their assignments.

Prescribed Text

Aeschylus, Eumenides, ed. A.H. Sommerstein (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989).


Translations

The Loeb translation by Sommerstein is reliable, as is the translation by C. Collard in the Oxford World’s Classics series.


Recommended Secondary Literature

M. Lloyd (ed.), Oxford Readings in Aeschylus (Oxford, 2007), 20–29
E.R. Dodds, ‘Morals and politics in the Oresteia’, in The Ancient Concept of Progress (Oxford, 1973), 45–63. Reprinted in Oxford Readings in Aeschylus.
C.W. Macleod, ‘Politics and the Oresteia’, Journal of Hellenic Studies 102 (1982), 124–44. Reprinted in Collected Essays (Oxford, 1983), 20–40, and also in Oxford Readings in Aeschylus.
O.P. Taplin, The Stagecraft of Aeschylus (Oxford, 1977), ch. 8
R.P. Winnington-Ingram, Studies in Aeschylus (Cambridge, 1983)
A.J. Podlecki (ed.), Aeschylus: Eumenides (Warminster, 1989)
S.D. Goldhill, Reading Greek Tragedy (Cambridge, 1986), chh. 1 & 2

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