Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: NO HAPPY ENDINGS: TRAGEDY IN LITERATURE AND FILM

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Tragedy stages the suffering 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. Cross-list: FREN 131, FSEM 131.