Fall 2025
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]