THTR 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Plautus, Polymath, Stealing Sheep
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E-postcards: think about something that makes you stop, find a picture that represents your thoughts and feelings, 3 or 4 sentences, then comment on min 2 classmates works. 9/7/2016 10:03:00 pm: 490-323 bc, starts at the first persian war and ends around the death of. Aristotle: we focus on prior of the death of socrates, 5th century athens, birth and death of democracy in athens, methoganistic, slave owning society. Medea: plays the role of a male hero. The essay: 8 pages, comparing 2 or 3 plays and contrast, greek to 1700s, with a common topic, ex. Corinthian woman: woman on her side, corinthian against her, where they were happening, big and open, costume, elaborate, masked, media. Looking impressing and other: foren, we know from vases. Euripides: he was disrespected in his time, was more realistic to life, but darker. Discussion: obskene, so bad that it must be preformed off scene. Main character gets into a debate with rival: parabasis.
