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2108941 - Anticka drama 1

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Course title
Acronym 2108941
Study programme
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    Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
      ESPB 3.0 Status
      Condition No prerequisite. Oblik uslovljenosti
      The goal Objective of the course is to provide a basic level of general and special knowledge in the field of ancient drama, in the domain of Aeschylus and Sophocles' tragedies. The acquisition of knowledge takes place in three aspects: literary-historical, literary-theoretical and hermeneutic-aesthetic. From a literary-historical point of view, the aim of the course is to look at the origin and evolution of tragedy as one of the fundamental phenomena of ancient and general culture, as well as to observe its contextual connections with culturally close phenomena: democracy, rhetoric, philosophy. From a literary-theoretical point of view, the aim of the subject is to observe the genre laws of tragedy, as well as to see the strong dynamics that the genre carries within itself. From a hermeneutic-aesthetic point of view, the goal of the course is to recognize the polysemy and polyphony of the tragic work, then to notice the uniqueness of the ancient tragedy and the autochthonous tragic phenomenon compared to other dramatic achievements in the history of world literature, as well as to master the art of interpreting certain tragic works, while recognizing their contemplative, aesthetic and symbolic value.
      The outcome The outcome of the course lies in the knowledge and abilities to analyze early and developed Hellenic tragedy in a competent manner, to understand its unique ideological and aesthetic value, and to recognize its intertextual share in later works of art, various genre and disciplinary definitions, as well as in cultural flows and formations. They will also acquire the knowledge and abilities necessary to see the basic motives, ideas and aesthetic qualities of Aeschylus' and Sophocles' tragedies in different contexts and to creatively connect them with various phenomena of the latter epochs, including contemporary ones.
      Contents
      URL to the subject page http://www.fil.bg.ac.rs/lang/sr/katedre/opsta-knjizevnosti-i-teorija-knjizevnosti/studijski-program/
      Contents of lectures Drama phenomenon; the cult of Dionysus and the liturgical nature of ancient drama; semantics of Dionysus and Apollo at the level of comparative mythology, Nietzsche's constructs and their reflex in deconstructionist thought; concepts of enthusiasm and ecstasy. The origin of tragedy - a philological-historical review; the relationship between drama and democracy; the phenomenon of the tragic and familiarization with the basic directions in the analysis of the tragic phenomenon - ritualistic, anthropo-structuralist, psychoanalytical, deconstructionist. Structural and formal peculiarities of tragedy - aesthetics of organic form; structural doubleness – the phenomenon of the tragic chorus; the relationship between performative and textual; receptive chain and receptive response; empathy and catharsis as a psychological phenomenon; Miasma and catharsis as a ritual phenomenon; ritual aspects of tragic vision. General characteristics of Aeschylus' creativity; hermeneutic analysis of Prometheus in Chains and Oresteia. General features of Sophocles' creativity; hermeneutic analysis of Electra, Antigone, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. The ideological significance of Sophocles' tragedies.
      Contents of exercises
      Literature
      1. Theory of tragedy, edited by Zoran Stojanović, Nolit, Belgrade, 1984.
      2. Lesky, Albin. 1995. Greek Tragedy. Translated by Tomislav Bekić. White City.
      3. Charles Segal, Tragedy and Civilization, London, 1981. (Original title)
      4. Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music, Writings on Greek Literature and Philosophy, Sremski Karlovci, 1998.
      5. Oedipus. Myth and Drama, ed. by Kallich, MacLeich, Schoenbohm, New York, 1968. (Original title)
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
      2
      Methods of teaching Lectures, interactive teaching in the form of conversations and discussions with students.
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
      Activites during lectures 10 Test paper
      Practical lessons Oral examination 70
      Projects
      Colloquia 20
      Seminars