LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
They were not popular with ancient Greek audiences.
|
|
|
They were usually set in the past.
|
|
|
They were almost never set in the past.
|
|
|
They were often done in honor of the Greek god Zeus.
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Characteristics of Greek tragedy include the flawed tragic hero, a mix of spoken and sung narration, and some sort of intervention from the gods.
Detailed explanation-2: -The basic structure of a Greek tragedy is fairly simple. After a prologue spoken by one or more characters, the chorus enters, singing and dancing. Scenes then alternate between spoken sections (dialogue between characters, and between characters and chorus) and sung sections (during which the chorus danced).
Detailed explanation-3: -I challenge myself here to write up seven elementary “plot outlines”-I call them overviews-for seven Greek tragedies: (1) Agamemnon and (2) Libation-Bearers and (3) Eumenides, by Aeschylus; (4) Oedipus at Colonus and (5) Oedipus Tyrannus, by Sophocles; (6) Hippolytus and (7) Bacchae (or Bacchic Women), by Euripides.
Detailed explanation-4: -Place. The setting of the play should be one location (Oedipus Rex takes place on the steps outside the palace). Time. Action.