ENG 230 - The Tragic Action

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR (students beginning prior to Fall 2024): Meets general academic requirement HU.
A study of tragic drama in action from its origins in Athens, through its rediscovery by the Elizabethans, to its revision by Ibsen and Checkov in the 19th century. We will spend the first half of the term on Greek tragedy and its problems, then we’ll move forward in time. We will spend time with basic theatre criticism too, including Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy. Satisfies departmental Drama/Transmedia requirement.