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Stanford Summer Theater Companion Course:
Heroines of Greek Tragedy: Electra, Clytemnestra, Antigone
The course approaches Greek tragedy by looking at three archetypal tragic heroines: Electra, Clytemnestra, and Antigone. We will read Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy, Sophocles’ Electra, Euripides’ Electra, and Sophocles’ Antigone. These plays force us to confront the range of female tragic heroism on the Attic stage and appreciate the political and social tensions that such strong female characters expose.
In addition to class discussions on five Tuesday evenings, the course includes admission to Stanford Summer Theater's Electra Festival: the production of Sophocles' Electra, the staged readings of Aeschylus’ Libation Bearers (2nd play of the Oresteia) and Euripides’ Electra, the Continuing Studies Symposium “Public and Private Vengeance: The Trojan War and Electra,” and the Monday night screenings of SST’s Film Festival exploring various cinematic treatments of Greek tragic heroines.
Instructor: Rush Rehm
Professor of Classics and Drama; Artistic Director, Stanford Summer Theater
Rush Rehm received a PhD in drama and humanities from Stanford, and has written extensively on Greek tragedy, including Greek Tragic Theatre, Marriage to Death: The Conflation of Wedding and Funeral Rituals in Greek Tragedy, The Play of Space: Spatial Transformation in Greek Tragedy, and Radical Theatre: Greek Tragedy and the Modern World. Founder and artistic director of Stanford Summer Theater, Rush will direct SST's Electra Festival in 2009.
CLA 117
Class meetings: June 22 and 30, July 7 and 14, August 11 and 18, 7:00 - 8:50 pm
Performance: Students will receive one ticket to a performance of Electra (July 23, 24, 29, or 30)
Film screenings: July 13, 20, 27, August 3 and 10 (attendance at films July 13 and August 10 strongly encouraged)
Symposium: Saturday, August 1, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Stagings: August 5 and 12, 7:00 – 9:30 pm (including post-show discussions led by Classics Professor Marsh McCall)
1 unit, $240
Reserved seating tickets for theater performances and the symposium are included.To register, please visit http://csp.stanford.edu/course/lit190.asp
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