Programme

The Madness on the ancient Greek Stage. Phaedra, Orestes, Dionysos.
Reading three Euripides’tragedies, Ippolytus, Orestes, Bacchantes, the Students will be introduced to the study of how the Greek play the Madness on the stage and consider this status of the human being.

Core Documentation

Giulio Guidorizzi, Ai confini dell’anima: i Greci e la follia, Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano 2010. A Greek text of the Euripides’Ippolito, Oreste e Baccanti, with an italian translation, possibly edited by BUR.

Type of delivery of the course

Lessons

Type of evaluation

EXAMINATION TYPE (oral) The type of examination is oral and evaluates: 1) the mastery of the subject 2) the ability in reading ancient Greek texts with translation 3) the critical capacities and the skills in identifying and formulating problems