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Aeschylus' Oresteia (CLA 107)
The three tragedies “Agamemnon,”“Libation Bearers,”and “Eumenides” that form Aeschylus’ Oresteia constitute what is probably the most monumental theatrical achievement in the history of Western drama. In this course, we will read and discuss the trilogy with intense care. Issues of divine and human justice, gender conflict, cycles of vengeance, and hopes of reconciliation will swirl around us constantly. We will explore the immense power and complexity of Aeschylean poetry, and we will try to experience the action and staging of these seminal plays as closely as possible to the ways in which they were experienced in the Athenian theater of Dionysus in 458 BC.
Marsh McCall
Professor of Classics; Dean of Continuing Studies, Emeritus
Marsh McCall has taught at Stanford for more than thirty years and was the founding Dean of Stanford Continuing Studies. He has taught a number of popular Continuing Studies courses and Master of Liberal Arts seminars. He received the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for Distinctive Contributions to Undergraduate Education, the annual Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Teaching Award, and the Alumni Association's Richard W. Lyman award for exceptional service to the University.
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Course Details
Mondays
7:00 - 8:50 pm
5 weeks
Sept 22 - Oct 20
1 unit $200
Drop by: Oct 5
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