Module: Genre: The Tragedy-Comedy Complex

Module Specifications..

Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Genre: The Tragedy-Comedy Complex
Module Code	EL103
School	67
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Michael Hinds Semester 2: Michael Hinds Autumn: Michael Hinds
Module Teachers	Gearoid O'Flaherty Michael Hinds
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Coursework Only

Description

Starting with Aristotle’s Poetics and the literature of ancient Greece, this module will begin by exploring the creative tension between comedy and tragedy that has permeated culture. It will then move into a further exploration of genre, across literary history and national literatures.

Learning Outcomes

1. Discriminate between comedy and tragedy, applying a knowledge of Aristotleian concepts
2. Indicate when the tragic and the comic converge or get confused
3. Reflect upon the social responsiveness of genre
4. Understand the flexibility potential within genres
5. Comprehend the way in which presuppositions about genre shape reading

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	21	No Description
Tutorial	3	No Description
Independent Study	101	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Aristotle

Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes

Comic Archetypes

Tragi-Comic Confusions

Tragi-Comic Cinema

Types of Comedy

Popular Genres

Popular Genres: Gun-Plays

Popular Genres: Fantasy

Popular Genres: Gothic

Beginnings of literary criticism, Tragedy and Comedy

Oedipus Rex, Medea, Lysistrata

From Ancient Greece to the Present

Dr. Faustus, Ethan Frome , Kafka, Beckett

Oldboy, Grizzly Man, True North, Duck Soup

Satire (Swift) - Screwball - Farce

Western: Stephen Crane “The Blue Hotel” Detective: Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep

Sci-Fi

Stories by Poe

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Short Answer Questions	n/a	25%	n/a
Assignment	n/a	75%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Aristotle / Horace / Longinus: 1976, Classical Literary Criticism, Penguin Harmondsworth,
Belsey, Catherine: 1985, The Subject of Tragedy, Oxford,
Eagleton, Terry: 2002, Sweet Violence: The Idea of the Tragic, Blackwell Oxford,
Wood, James: 2004, The Irresponsible Self, Chatto, London,

Other Resources

None

Programme or List of Programmes

AFU	Age Friendly University Programme
BAJH	Bachelor of Arts (BAJH)
BAJM	Bachelor of Arts (BAJM)
HMSA	Study Abroad (Humanities & Soc Science)
SMPHSS	Single Module Programme (Hum Soc Sci)

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