Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:

• demonstrate detailed critical knowledge of Euripides’ plays;
• examine and evaluate modern criticism on the subject;
• give two oral presentations about aspects of the subject;
• construct analytical and appropriately presented papers showing a capacity for independent thought about the subject.

Indicative Module Content:

Commentary

The commentary should examine one of the following passages in detail: Medea 214–66, Hippolytus 373–430, Suppliant Women 980–1071, Electra 774–858, Heracles 348–441, Ion 1–81, Phoenician Women 443–637, Orestes 866–956, Bacchae 775–861.


Seminar Paper

The seminar paper may discuss either one play by Euripides, which should not be the same as the play from which your commentary passage was taken, or a topic relevant to a number of plays.

Student Effort Type	Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)	24
Specified Learning Activities	76
Autonomous Student Learning	100
Total	200

Learning Recommendations:

Students taking this module should have some prior knowledge of ancient Greek drama.

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  

Description	Timing		Component Scale		% of Final Grade
Assignment: 2,000-word commentary	Week 7	n/a	Graded	No	30
Essay: 5,000-word seminar paper	Coursework (End of Trimester)	n/a	Graded	No	70

 

Resit In	Terminal Exam
Autumn	No

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

Students will receive detailed individual formative and summative feedback on their written work.

Translations

There are recent translations of all Euripides’ plays by J. Davie (Penguin), J. Morwood (Oxford World’s Classics), and D. Kovacs (Loeb), all with useful introductions and bibliographies. There is also an older Penguin translation by P. Vellacott.

Books on Euripides

W. Allan, The Andromache and Euripidean Tragedy (Oxford, 2000)
C. Collard, Euripides (Oxford, 1981)
D.J. Conacher, Euripidean Drama (Toronto, 1967)
J.R.C. Cousland & J.R. Hume (eds.), The Play of Texts and Fragments: Essays in Honour of Martin Cropp (Leiden & Boston, 2009)
N.T. Croally, Euripidean Polemic: The Trojan Women and the Function of Tragedy (Cambridge, 1994)
M. Cropp, K. Lee, D. Sansone (eds.), Euripides and Tragic Theatre in the Late Fifth Century (ICS 24–25 [1999–20000]; Champaign, 2000)
F. Dunn, Tragedy’s End: Closure and Innovation in Euripidean Drama (Oxford, 1996),
H.P. Foley, Ritual Irony: Poetry and Sacrifice in Euripides (Ithaca, 1985)
J. Gregory, Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians (Ann Arbor, 1991)
M. Lloyd, The Agon in Euripides (Oxford, 1992)
D.J. Mastronarde, The Art of Euripides (Cambridge, 2010)
D. Mendelsohn, Gender and the City in Euripides’ Political Plays (Oxford, 2002)
A.N. Michelini, Euripides and the Tragic Tradition (Madison, 1987)
J.M. Mossman (ed.), Euripides (Oxford Readings in Classical Studies; Oxford, 2003)
C. Segal, Dionysiac Poetics and Euripides’ Bacchae (2nd ed.; Princeton, 1997)
E. Segal (ed.), Oxford Readings in Greek Tragedy (Oxford, 1983)
M. Wright, Euripides’ Escape-Tragedies: A Study of Helen, Andromeda, and Iphigenia among the Taurians (Oxford, 2005)

The Bloomsbury Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy series now has volumes on almost all of Euripides’ plays: Alcestis (N. Slater), Bacchae (S. Mills), Electra (R. Rehm), Hecuba (H. Foley), Heracles (E. Griffiths), Hippolytus (S. Mills), Ion (L. Swift), Iphigenia at Aulis (P. Michelakis), Iphigenia in Tauris (I. Torrance), Medea (W. Allan), Orestes (M. Wright), Phoenician Women (T. Papadopoulou), Suppliant Women (I. Storey), Trojan Women (B. Goff).

Spring
Seminar	Offering 1	Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33	Fri 10:00 - 11:50