Course Description

CL211 The Development of Greek Literature 0.5

A study of the development of various genres of Greek literature from approximately c. 700 B.C. to 300 B.C. Authors and works may include: Homer's Odyssey; Greek Lyric poets (including Sappho); the Greek tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides); Greek comedy (Aristophanes and Menander); the literary criticism of Plato and Aristotle; historiography (Herodotus and Thucydides); pastoral poetry (Theocritus). Emphasis will be on modes of composition and performance, literary analysis, the influence of political and social change. (All works will be read in English translation.)†

Official electronic version updated on November 10, 2000

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