Ancient Studies (CLAS) - Plato’s Closet Dramas: Desire, Deceit, and Performance in the Platonic Dialogues

CLAS 3626  Plato’s Closet Dramas: Desire, Deceit, and Performance in the Platonic Dialogues

Prerequisites:

Any 18 credits with at least 6 in Ancient Studies

Antirequisites:

CLAS 3316 if taken in 21WI

Hours:

3 classroom hours per week

Credits:

3

Description:

Students undertake a close and critical study of Plato’s philosophical dialogues as dramatic literature, focusing especially on the dialogue format of Plato’s work as a new and rival form of prose drama and as a crucial element in Plato’s philosophical project. Students also examine the close relationship between Plato’s dialogues and modern drama.