Assignments due by beginning of class on indicated days. Schedule subject to change at instructor's discretion.

Why?
19-Aug	No assignment. Themes, materials, procedures. Why?
Greek tragedy. Patterns, relevance and relatability
21-Aug	Sophocles: Antigone 1 = somewhat more than the first ½ of play, in the Penguin print edition, pp. 59-107. In other words, start from the beginning and read through Antigone's speech where she says she's being dragged away to punishment ("Land of Thebes, . . . They drag me away, now, no more delay," right before the chorus starts talking about "Danaë, Danaë. . . ." First, read the Study Guide and note the Antgone 1 Guiding Question Then read the assigned pages of the Antigone Finally, go back and review the Guiding Question for the assignment. Think critically about it. Be prepared to share your thoughts in class. Keep in mind that this is an exercise not just in brainstorming but in critical thinking. We'll talk when we meet. Study Guides, with text access, Guiding Question, and an introduction to the assignment, are always required reading.
26-Aug	Sophocles: Antigone 2 (finish). Review the Study Guide; do the rest as per 21-Aug assignment, only this time, it'll be the Antigone 2 Guiding Question.
28-Aug	Readings in Honig Antigone, Interrupted. Access web readings, Guiding Question, etc. via Study Guide.
2-Sep	No class (Monday classes meet)
4-Sep	Greek Tragedy: origins, ancient practice, ancient theory. Access web readings, Guiding Question, etc. via Study Guide.
9-Sep	Euripides: Bacchae 1 (Signet-Penguin, pp. 395-430 = Kindle location 7858 "PROLOGUE" to location 8528, just before "THIRD CHORAL LYRIC" — basically, first half of play). Study Guide, with Guiding Question #1.
11-Sep	Euripides: Bacchae 2 (pp. 430-456, i.e., rest of play). Study Guide, with Guiding Question #2.
16-Sep	Aeschylus: Persians (Oxford, all). Study Guide.
18-Sep	Two things: Quiz 1. Study guide. Aeschylus: Agamemnon 1 (Penguin, pp. 103-132 = Kindle location 1957). Study Guide.
23-Sep	No class (Rosh Hashanah)
25-Sep	Aeschylus: Agamemnon 2. (Start Agamemnon's entrance, p. 132, chorus line "Come, my king." Read though to end of play.) Study Guide.
30-Sep	Aeschylus: Libation Bearers (Penguin, all). Study Guide.
2-Oct	No class (Yom Kippur)
7-Oct	Aeschylus: Eumenides (Penguin, all). Study Guide.
Are we prisoners of fate — is that what tragedy is?
9-Oct	Chapter 3, pages 12-16, in "Knowing and Not Knowing: How Oedipus Brings Down Fate," in: Critchley, Simon. 2019. Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us. New York: Pantheon Books. Text access via Study Guide (under preparation).
14-Oct	Midterm exam on readings etc. through 7-Oct (not on the Critchley reading). Study Guide.
16-Oct	Sophocles: Oedipus the King (Penguin, all). Study Guide.
21-Oct	Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus READ ALL. Study Guide.
Euripides' tragedies — is it tragedy?
23-Oct	Euripides Medea (Signet, all). Study Guide.
28-Oct	Euripides: Iphigenia at Aulis (Signet, all). Study Guide.
30-Oct	Euripides: Hippolytus (Signet, all). Study Guide (in preparation).
4-Nov	Euripides: Cyclops (Signet, all). Study Guide.
6-Nov	Euripides: Alcestis (Signet, all). Study Guide.
Does tragedy help?
11-Nov	Aristophanes: Frogs (print text, Focus/Hackett, all). Study Guide.
Roman tragedy: more of the same and completely different
13-Nov	Seneca: Phaedra part 1 (Penguin). Pages 98-127. That's the beginning of play to partway through Act 2, just before the chorus that praises Hippolytus' beauty. Study Guide.
18-Nov	Seneca: Phaedra part 2 (Penguin). Pages 127 (chorus on Hippolytus' beauty) to end. Study Guide.
20-Nov	Seneca: Thyestes, all (Penguin). Study Guide.
25-Nov	No class
27-Nov	No class (Thanksgiving)
2-Dec	Pseudo-Seneca: Octavia (Penguin, all). Study Guide.
Course wrap-up: Is tragedy pointless?
4-Dec	Read the central chorus from Anouilh's Antigone, pp. 101-102. Be prepared to talk about the Guiding Question on the Study Guide, which includes text access and a guide to the final exam.
??	Final exam on readings, etc., 9-Oct through 4-Dec. Study Guide under preparation.