Transcript of Aristophanes’ Frogs Drama to the Rescue? Chorus to Demeter “May I utter much that's funny, / and...
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- Aristophanes Frogs Drama to the Rescue?
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- Chorus to Demeter May I utter much that's funny, / and also
much thats serious (p. 79) 17-Nov2 Aristophanes Frogs
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- Agenda Tragedy As Ideal Type Lets Fill In the Blanks
Aristophanes Frogs Background, Structure, Themes, etc. Drama in
Performance Frog Chorus (pp. 51 ff.) DEBATE: Euripides versus
Aeschylus Who is More Tragic, and Why? 17-Nov Aristophanes Frogs
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- Tragedy As Ideal Type Lets Fill In the Blanks
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- Ideal Type Deliberately simplified definition/description. - To
help relate recurring phenomena (What do we learn from
comparisons?) - To be applied with attention to nuance -
Deliberately simplified definition/description. - To help relate
recurring phenomena (What do we learn from comparisons?) - To be
applied with attention to nuance - 17-Nov Aristophanes Frogs 5
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- Tragedy as Ideal Type learning through suffering identity
recognition plus possible consequences series of bad choices
hamartia sympathy for protagonist pity and fear uncontrollable
events fate/fortune? power struggle 17-Nov Aristophanes Frogs
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- Aristophanes Frogs Background, Structure, Themes, etc.
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- Background, Themes Production (405 BCE) Lenaea (Jan/Feb) 1st
prize Political Crises 413 Sicilian Disaster 411 Exile of oligarchs
406 Aegospotamoi Poetic Crises Tragic losses Dionysus yearning
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- Analysis prologue (pp. 15 ff.) Xanthias, Dionysus, Heracles,
Corpse, Charon choral dialogue 1 (51) Frog Chorus, Dionysus scene
(61) Charon, Dionysus, Xanthias (Empusa) parodos (69) Lyric,
chanting, dialogue. Mystic Chorus of initiates, Dionysus, Xanthias
scene (87) Dionysus, Xanthias, Aeacus, Maid parabasis (119) advice
to the city scene (125) Slaves choral ode (137) Agn prelude AGN
(139) Opening arguments (147) Prologues (177) Lyrics (197) Weighing
of lines (209) Leadership (219) exodos (229) Pluto, Aeschylus,
Chorus. Farewell
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- Drama in Performance Frog Chorus (pp. 51 ff.)
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- DEBATE: Euripides versus Aeschylus Who is More Tragic, and
Why?
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- Debate Particulars RESOLVED Aeschylean drama more than
Euripidean models tragedy Groups Pro Anti Judges Procedure Opening
statements pro anti Rebuttals Cross examination contestants, judges
Criteria: critical thinking Relevance of arguments Inventiveness
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