Approaches to teaching the dramas of Euripides / edited by Robin Mitchell-Boyask.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitchell-Boyask, Robin, 1961-

Series:

Approaches to teaching world literature 1059-1133

Approaches to teaching world literature, 1059-1133

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Euripides--Study and teaching.

Euripides.

Mythology, Greek, in literature--Study and teaching.

Mythology, Greek, in literature.

Euripides--Criticism and interpretation.

Tragedy--Study and teaching.

Tragedy.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 235 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2002.

Summary:

Known for their fully drawn characters, artistic complexity, and a multifaceted engagement with social issues, the plays of Euripides inspire divergent critical views. While some scholars find that the dramatist writes from a traditional Greek perspective, others see a radically innovative artist who criticizes Athenian politics, the treatment of women, and the Olympian gods. Readers will find both views in this collection of essays designed to help teachers present Euripides and his plays to today's students.

Contents:

Part 1 Materials / Robin Mitchell-Boyask

The Classroom

Survey Results: The Most Popular Plays 3

Texts: Greek, Bilingual, and English Translation 5

Required and Recommended Student Readings 10

Aids to Teaching: Audiovisual and Computer-Based Resources 13

The Instructor's Library 16

Journals 18

Reference Works and Background Studies 18

Scholarship on Greek Drama and Euripides 23

Part 2 Approaches

Practical and Theoretical Considerations: An Overview

Euripides in Translation / Deborah H. Roberts 38

Modern Views of Euripides / Ann N. Michelini 51

Performances

Moving Icons: Teaching Euripides in Film / Marianne McDonald 60

Performing Euripides / Mary-Kay Gamel 70

Euripidean Stagecraft / Michael R. Halleran 85

Specific Classroom Approaches

Outlining Your Own Greek Drama: A Creative Project / Adele J. Haft 95

The Importance of Debate in Euripides

and of Debating Euripides / Gary S. Meltzer 103

Teaching Euripides, Teaching Mythology: Ideology and the Hero / Paul Allen Miller 112

Specific Plays and Issues

The Poetics in Euripides's Green Room? / Dale Grote 121

At Home and Not at Home: Euripides as a Comic Character / Laura McClure 130

Myth and Allusion in Sophocles's Women of Trachis and Euripides's Herakles / Mark W. Padilla 138

The Art of the Deal: Teaching Folktale Types and Motifs in Euripides's Alcestis / Monica Silveira Cyrino 149

Women and the Medea / Laurel Bowman 156

Hecuba and the Political Dimension of Greek Tragedy / Justina Gregory 166

On Reading Euripides's Hippolytos / Ian Storey, Martin Boyne, Arlene Allan 178

Teaching Euripides's Bacchae / Stephen Esposito 188.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-229) and index.

ISBN:

0873527690

0873527704

OCLC:

48559233