• COURSE OBJECTIVES

    The objective of this course is to introduce students to Euripidean dramaturgy, Satyr play and the theatre of mime during the classical and postclassical era.

• LEARNING OUTCOMES  

Through this course the students will obtain knowledge in the Euripidean drama and its features based on in-textual analysis of Andromache. Furthermore they will learn the developments (scenic, performative, dramaturgical) of the post-classical tragedy, they will learn the specific features of the satyr play on example of the extant Cyclop of Euripides and the history and the technical features of mimes on example of the plays of Herondas. By attainting this course the students will be able to: 

Α) demonstrate the features of Euripidean drama 

Β) analyze and comment of the dramatic technique of Euripides

C) understand the relation of tragedy to tragicomedy

D) understand the development of the genre until the post-classical era 

Ε) demonstrate and discuss the similarities and the differences between drama and mimes 

Z) use the theatrical termini technici

• PREREQUISITES

   None