CLST 273 / WSGS 297 - Classical Tragedy with a focus on Women's Studies and Gender

CLST 273 / WSGS 297:
Classical Tragedy with a focus on Women's Studies and Gender

To engage with current readings and class discussion, fulfilling goals of course work
To practice critical thinking by reflecting on Classical tragedy and feminism
To fix your real-time reflections, provisionally, in verbal form so they can be shared and to aid your reexamining them from perspectives you go on to develop
To practice skills of written communication

Journal-entries will be collected approximately every five sessions: see Schedule of Readings and Assignments
Each journal-entry should focus on a topic arising from assigned readings, study questions (or, after the midterm break, study questions), or discussions in class, since when the last journal-entry was due
Pick a single topic on which to focus the journal-entry you hand in: ideally, you will find additional reflection on ideas and texts within our work is pleasant to pursue and deepens your understanding, but the work you share can be a "best-of" collection rather than a minute-to-minute inquisition
A journal-entry presents your response to our collective work, as it progresses over the semester, so for example you could
- comment on assigned reading, along lines prompted by some study-question or lines of interest you are developing and pursuing otherwise
- follow up and extend a line of discussion begun in class
- connect an assigned reading or class discussion to other course material
- connect course material to other related material (e.g., other aspects of fifth-century Athenian life, other literary or visual sources for ancient Greek mythology, other plays or literature from Greek or Roman antiquity or from other periods and cultures, other elements of the experience of gender in Greek and Roman antiquity or in other periods and cultures - please indicate your sources so that I can follow up if it's appropriate)

1-1 1/2 pages, word-processed (12-point Times Roman): 250-400 words
Think substantively about the concerns you're discussing
Communicate your thoughts clearly
- Express your ideas well, without wasting words
- You don't need to have worked out all the details of formal arguments, like an essay, but show where your reasoning currently brings your thoughts
- You don't need to write formally, but write correctly as to spelling and grammar: errors spoil your communication
Do proofread carefully and correct any errors of spelling and grammar - think of it as maintaining good habits, or think of it as avoiding embarrassing yourself, but do it
Always observe Academic Integrity (of course)
Indicate clearly all sources you use, with enough information that someone interested in your ideas can pursue them - you don't need the full-court press of a formal bibliography, but avoid obscurity

Thanks!

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