Fall 2025

21L.703
Studies in Drama: Murder and Mayhem Remade
TR
9:30-11A
4-251

Prereq: Two subjects in Literature
Units: 3-0-9 HASS-H, CI-M; Can be repeated for credit

This seminar will explore the drama of revenge – from the horrific to the comic and the parodic – across a range of time periods and cultures. Our aim is to come to a deeper understanding of the tragic mode by examining the mechanics, ethics, and aesthetics of payback. Works studied may include Aeschylus’ Orestaia, plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, as well as films by Peter Greenaway and Park Chan-Wook. [Pre-1900]