Literary periods identify works of a specific time and place that share formal characteristics. But they also raise some big questions.
0:00 Intro and Definition
0:31 The 2 Big Questions
1:19 How is Oedipus Representative of Its Time?
1:49 The Classical Period
2:08 The Chorus
2:28 Theater of Dionysus in Athens
2:50 Thespis, Sophocles, and Acting
3:42 The Story of Oedipus
7:06 How is Oedipus Representative of Our Time?
8:12 Oedipus: Classical Literature for Modern People
9:11 List of Literary Periods for English Literature
10:11 Conclusion and Outro
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Music: Franz Schubert, from the Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, "The Trout" (1829). Synthesized from sheet music using GarageBand version 10.4.10 by Andrew Sutherland, 2023.
Oedipus Rex, dir. Julie Taymor, Great Performances, S21 E15, aired May 26, 1993. Still images used for educational and illustrative purposes only.
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