Women in Classical Drama

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Read and critically analyze ancient Greek plays (in translation) by various ancient tragedians (and one comedian).
• Discuss the roles of women in these plays with a view towards their mythological, dramatic, and ancient socio-cultural contexts.
• Compare and evaluate different approaches and interpretations applied to these plays and characters.
• Develop coherent, persuasive, and evidence-based arguments incorporating both ancient textual sources and modern scholarship.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Weekly Reflections – 1 per Week	10%
Reading Quizzes – 10 Total	20%
Midterm Exam – 1 Total	15%
Short Writing Projects – 3 Total	30%
Final Exam – 1 Total	25%

Based on Weekly Reflections – 1 Per Week

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100	A
90-92	A-
87-89	B+
83-86	B
80-82	B-
77-79	C+
73-76	C
70-72	C-
67-69	D+
63-66	D
60-62	D-
59 or below	F

Attendance/Participation:

Based on Weekly Reflections – 1 Per Week

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Aeschylus' Oresteia (trans. Peter Meineck) - ISBN 978-0872203907
• Sophocles. The Three Theban Plays (trans. Fagles) - ISBN 978-0140444254
• Euripides. Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus (ed. Grene and Lattimore) - ISBN 978-0226308807
• Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra (ed. Grene and Lattimore) - ISBN 978-0226308784