HON 195
Ancient Greek and Roman Comedy
Instructor: John C. Franklin. MWF 10:10-11:00 a.m. OMANEX A202
Introduction to and survey of ancient Greek and Roman comic playwrights (Aristophanes, Euripides, Menander, Plautus, Terence) and the reception/influence of the poetics of classical comedy (Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Jonson, Moliere, Wycherley, Congreve, Gay, Beaumarchais, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Wilde, Shaw, Jarry, Ionesco, J. Renoir, Joe Orton). Regular secondary readings include classics of dramatic and comic theory.
List of plays which should be represented in your reading log
Casey's Ode to Comedy
Revised Syllabus
Part assignments for Machiavelli Mandragola (3/19)
Comic Fragments Project
Live Comedy Events in Vermont, Spring Term
Film adaptations of dramatic comedy in the classical mold in Bailey-Howe
Outline of Aristotle's Poetics
Comic Scenario Project (due 3/7).