differ assignments due--please read

Week 3

Antigone

This week we are exploring the other major literary development by the Greeks: the dramatic play.  To fully understand the importance of drama in Greek life, it would be similar to rolling books, magazines, movies, video games, the Internet, religion, education and just about any other entertainment venue into one massive genre.  Greek plays retain a conversation with the same myth we explored in The Odyssey while relating larger-than-life issues to daily struggles.  The philosophical complexity of many of these plays functioned to educate the public and create an opening for moral and ethical discussions.

Greek theaters (theatron) looked quite similar to today's theaters with a stage, orchestra, circular seating around the stage.  However, what happened on the stage would look very different: the Greeks always used masks (thus the acting style did not focus on a person's realistic facial features), only three actors played the major roles, and chorus was used to fill in a larger "voice" to the play. 

 

Key Themes to look for in Antigone

· State control vs. personal choice

· Family honor vs. patriotic duty

· Civil disobedience

· What makes a good citizen?

· Natural law vs. civic law

· Inside vs. Outside

· Living vs. Dead

Assignments

· Read introduction to Antigone (You should read the overview on Oedipus in the introductioin since the plots are connected)

· Read Antigone

· Watch posted video below (two discussion questions this week will engage the video)

· Complete discussion board by 11:59 p.m. Saturday

· Complete & upload weekly journal by 11:59 Sunday. Journal Instructions: The Method

ONGOING: Scholarly Journal Assignment, see assignment sheet for full details

 

Antigone, Interrupted: Greek Tragedy and the Future

Click here  (Links to an external site.)

Be patient with the academic discourse in the lecture.  The value here is in having an exposure to scholarly conversation over a text.  Note here Dr. Honig's references to "close reading" and her look at very specific texts, including texts that reference Antigone (inter-textual).  Further, when Dr. Honig makes important points, she does provide examples that help.  Also, the modern day examples of grieving mothers at the end of the lecture will surely capture your attention.

This week we are exploring the other major literary development by the Greeks: the dramatic play.  To fully understand the importance of drama in Greek life, it would be similar to rolling books, magazines, movies, video games, the Internet, religion, education and just about any other entertainment venue into one massive genre.  Greek plays retain a conversation with the same myth we explored in The Odyssey while relating larger-than-life issues to daily struggles.  The philosophical complexity of many of these plays functioned to educate the public and create an opening for moral and ethical discussions.

Blow is the link to the you tube video for the Antigone or you can type it in the YouTube browser to watch the video

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwClVN8GJOU