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Greek Tragedy An Introduction
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An introduction to ancient Greek tragedy, including a discussion of the political and cultural context in 5th Century Athens, theories of the origins of tragedy in Dionysian ritual, ancient theatrical staging and Aristotle's theory of tragedy in the Poetics. • Presentation Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dqhs... • 0:43 - Outline • 1:30 - What is Tragedy? • 6:02 - The Political and Cultural Context • 8:00 - Tragedy and the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars • 12:28 - The Remnants of the Three Great Tragedians: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides • 15:35 - Tragedy and Myth • 19:35 - Athenian Democracy • 23:10 - The Origins of Tragedy: rituals in honour of Dionysus; Dionysian and Apollonian (Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy); Cambridge Ritualists • 30:37 - Theatrical Staging • 39:18 - Aristotle's Poetics • Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/unterge...
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