Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2004-2005
FSEM 131 - TRAGEDY IN LITERATURE AND FILM
Long Title:
Department: Humanities Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Description: NO HAPPY ENDINGS: TRAGEDY IN LITERATURE AND FILM
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Tragedy stages the sufferings and fall of a hero. It excites pity and fear. Why, then, do we take pleasure in tragedy? This course explores the importance of tragedy in Western culture through a reading of plays by Sophocles, Shakespeare, Racine, and Ibsen. Films include works by Robinson and Schlondorff.
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Also offered as FREN 131.
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Instructor(s): Shea.