ap literature - theories of tragedy review

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• 0:00

  Introduction and Welcome

• 1:55

  Tragedies in Literature

• 2:26

  Theories of Tragedy Overview

• 3:27

  Four Key Theories

• 3:59

  AP Lit Exam Review

• 5:00

  Free Response Questions

• 5:31

  Open Prompt Details

• 6:32

  Themes and Literary Devices

• 7:33

  Accessing Open Prompts

• 8:34

  Critical Lenses Introduction

• 9:05

  Origins of Tragedy

• 9:37

  Ritual Sacrifice Explained

• 10:42

  Comedy and Union Origins

• 11:46

  Golden Age Playwrights

• 12:21

  Aristotle's Poetics

• 13:25

  Catharsis in Tragedy

• 13:57

  Higher Type Characters

• 14:58

  Hamartia and Mistakes

• 16:02

  Anagnorisis and Reversal

• 17:06

  Oedipus Example

• 17:37

  Arthur Miller's Essay

• 18:39

  Common Man in Tragedy

• 19:41

  Tragic Flaw Redefined

• 20:44

  Evil in Environment

• 21:47

  Possibility of Victory

• 22:50

  Hegel's Dialectic

• 24:57

  Thesis and Antithesis

• 25:58

  Synthesis in History

• 27:31

  Collision of Goods

• 28:35

  Antigone Example

• 30:40

  Affirming Both Powers

• 31:42

  Nietzsche Introduction

• 32:45

  God is Dead Concept

• 34:18

  Apollonian-Dionysian Dichotomy

• 35:52

  Protagonist and Chorus

• 37:23

  Euripides' Rationalism

• 38:57

  Balance in Greek Tragedy

• 40:28

  Oedipus and Rationality

• 42:05

  Symbolic Eye Gouging

• 42:38

  Applying Theories to Essays

• 43:39

  Tragedy Checklist

• 44:42

  Essay Outline Example

• 45:46

  Hallucinations Analysis

• 46:47

  Additional Resources

• 47:19

  Closing Remarks