OLLI101423 - Exploring Greek Tragedies

Course Description

Exploring Greek Tragedies

Instructor: Lyle Murley
Dates: Tuesdays, Sept 27-Dec 6
Time: 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC)

Students will read and discuss ten Greek tragedies. Each 90-minute session will focus on discussions of one individual play although some attention will be given to interrelations of plays. Students can use whatever translations they have, or they can feel free to use the texts that are available on the Internet. For the first class on Sept. 27, the discussion will be about Sophocles’ play The Persians. Following that will be Antigone on Oct. 4 and Oedipus at Colonus on October 11.
Maximum registrants: 40

Instructor Bio:
Lyle Murley, PhD, English, Northwestern University; MA, English, University of Chicago; BA English, St. Olaf College. Lyle was a professor of English at California Lutheran University, chair of the department, and now a professor emeritus. He was professor of the year on two occasions and received the Sears Roebuck Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence.

Notes

In-Person Courses
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