Understanding literature and life : drama, poetry and narrative / Arnold Weinstein

By: Contributor(s): Material type: Mixed materialsMixed materialsLanguage: English Series: Great courses (DVD). Literature & English language | The Great courses | The Great CoursesPublication details: Chantilly, Virginia : The Teaching Company, 1995.Description: 6 videodiscs (ca. 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 218 p. ; 20 cm.)Other title:
  • Drama, poetry and narrative
Uniform titles:
  • The Great Courses
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370
LOC classification:
  • LB 14.6 W424u 1995
Contents:
Why literature : civilization and its discontents -- Oedipus the King and the nature of Greek tragedy -- Fate and free will -- Self-making vs. self-discovery in Oedipus -- The interpretive afterlife of Oedipus -- Shakespeare's Othello -- Poison in the ear, or the dismantling of Othello -- Rethinking Othello -- French theater and Moliere's comedy of vices -- Tartuffe and varieties of imposture.
Summary: Pt. 1 begins with Sophocles' Oedipus the King, and continues through Shakespeare and Moliere, on to the realist and naturalist work of the 19th century to close with Beckett's Waiting for Godot.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LB 14.6 W424u 1995 Guide (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000136846

Course no. 210.

Why literature : civilization and its discontents --
Oedipus the King and the nature of Greek tragedy --
Fate and free will --
Self-making vs. self-discovery in Oedipus --
The interpretive afterlife of Oedipus --
Shakespeare's Othello --
Poison in the ear, or the dismantling of Othello --
Rethinking Othello --
French theater and Moliere's comedy of vices --
Tartuffe and varieties of imposture.

Pt. 1 begins with Sophocles' Oedipus the King, and continues through Shakespeare and Moliere, on to the realist and naturalist work of the 19th century to close with Beckett's Waiting for Godot.

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