LITR 4370 TRAGEDY
Final Exam Samples 2015

(final exam assignment)

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Part 3.
Complete Research Report

Part 3. Complete Research Report: Write at least 8-10 substantial paragraphs with four sources to complete your Research Report on selected special topic.

Authors & titles (alphabetical order; click on links to see sample essays)

3. Families in Tragedy + the Oedipal / Electra Conflict

Taylor Farley, Families in Tragedy – The Oedipal/Electra conflict

Nona Olivarez, Family Problems: We All Have Them

4. Spectacle and the Sublime

Stephanie Ali, Reviewing the Spectacle and Sublime

Eric Anderson, Spectacle and the Sublime: Respecting and Challenging Convention

Zach Mayfield, The Evolution of Modern Spectacle and the Sublime

6. Tragedy as the greatest genre

Sarah Robin Roelse, Tragedy: Why Are We Still Interested?

9. Teaching Tragedy

Alejandra Ayala, An Effective Way To Teach Tragedy in High School

10. Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy and the Apolline / Dionysiac.

Michaela Fox, Nietzsche, You Complete Me

12. The so-called Tragic Flaw . . .

Michael McDonald, Tragedy’s Fatal Flaw

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