ENG3UI Power and the Art of Discourse Oct 2006
J. Rice
Antigone
Focus scenes
These are the scenes we will be focusing on in our study of the play. You should re-read them as much as possible, noting on your own any points of discussion or any questions you may have about their contents, language, or themes.
We will be studying Antigone on October 25, October 26, October 30, and November 2 and November 6. Study of the focus scenes will be supplemented by outside readings, due on the same dates as the focus scene readings.
Supplemental Readings
You should read these items alongside your re-reading of the above scenes. You will be expected to refer to them in discussions of the play. However, you should not allow anything you read to dictate your interpretations, merely to inform them. Interpretations should always be based on close reading of the text, and supported by well-interpreted evidence from the text.
All line numbers refer to the Fagles translation of the text.
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Part One: Dramaturgy
Dramaturgy presentations
Supplemental Reading:
Dramaturgy research (see related handout)
Part Two: Lines 1 – 116 (Ismene withdraws to the palace)
Analysis technique: Discourse analysis
Characterization: Interactions between characters (Antigone/Ismene)
Supplemental Reading:
Handouts on discourse analysis
Part Three: Lines 179 (Creon) – 239 (Leader)
Analysis technique: Rhetorical analysis of a speech (Creon)
Theme: Individual vs. collective good
Supplemental Reading:
Machiavelli: excerpt from "The Prince"
Silva Rhetoricae (Section: “What Is Rhetoric?”)
Part Four: one image each from the websites listed below – your choice
Analysis technique: Visual interpretation – the visual as rhetoric
Supplemental Reading: