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GRKA3008: Greek Comedy
2025 unit information
Of the vast production of ancient Greek comic drama only a few plays of two poets survive nearly intact. Aristophanes and Menander each represent a distinct style and phase of comic production in antiquity and became the opposed prototypes for virulent political satire or subtle comedies of manners for all subsequent ages of European drama and literature. In this unit we will read one or more plays by Aristophanes and Menander to examine their distinctive language, form and dramaturgical style.
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Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Classics and Ancient History |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient Greek |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate increased knowledge of the Greek language, its structure, vocabulary, and modes of expression
- LO2. demonstrate increased knowledge of the history and influence of the literature of Greece, including an understanding of genre and of interpretative work ranging from traditional criticism to contemporary approaches
- LO3. demonstrate increased knowledge of the culture, religion, ideas and history of the Greek leading to a critical understanding of one of the bases of Western culture
- LO4. demonstrate sharpened analytical skills in investigating the ways texts use language to construct meaning and assert imaginative power, communication skills fostered by the writing of critical analyses and by discussion in class where one must clearly express and account for one’s own view and objectively judge the views of others
- LO5. practice at skills in working as part of a team, sharing information and exchanging approaches in ways which promote realistic selfevaluation, critical judgement, tolerance and skills in creative listening
- LO6. practice at skills in ordering and inter-relating a large body of facts and differing opinions within a limited space
- LO7. demonstrate an increased understanding of cultural difference
- LO8. demonstrate skills in time-management, in prioritising and in working to definite goals and dead-lines
- LO9. demonstrate skills in the use of IT for the accessing of information and generating one’s own material.
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney |
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