Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: SENECAN TRAGEDY

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Selections from the tragedies of Seneca, some of the wittiest and goriest poetry to survive from the anitquity. Topics will include Senecan style, the performance contexts of his plays, the tragic genre in the Latin tradition, and Seneca's influence, particularly on Shakespeare.