HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!

[nishi]

i liked the architecture stuff too. much more interesting than reading, say, plautus.

my class will be moving quickly past the poetics.

[Bennyhana]

i liked the architecture stuff too. much more interesting than reading, say, plautus.

my class will be moving quickly past the poetics.

"The poetics is a detailed prescription for what 'drama' should be, written by a man who, though he claimed to be the greatest mind since Socrates, could not deduce the existence of gravity.  So, that's the greeks.  Unities.  Vomit.  Moving on to the middle ages..."

[nishi]

i liked the architecture stuff too. much more interesting than reading, say, plautus.

my class will be moving quickly past the poetics.

"The poetics is a detailed prescription for what 'drama' should be, written by a man who, though he claimed to be the greatest mind since Socrates, could not deduce the existence of gravity.  So, that's the greeks.  Unities.  Vomit.  Moving on to the middle ages..."

have you been looking at my notes??

i would only add two sentences. "aristotle also wrote 100 years following the theatre performances he describes, which would be like my having you write a very long essay on what you imagine to be the perfections of the engine of a new rolls royce as developed in 1906 - you could make some good guesses, but they would be basically useless as far as the study of history is concerned. as to roman theater, the name of the playright 'plautus' will be on your exam, so we can all add to the illusion that the roman theatre offers anything worth studying. now - moving on to the middle ages....."

[Bennyhana]

i liked the architecture stuff too. much more interesting than reading, say, plautus.

my class will be moving quickly past the poetics.

"The poetics is a detailed prescription for what 'drama' should be, written by a man who, though he claimed to be the greatest mind since Socrates, could not deduce the existence of gravity.  So, that's the greeks.  Unities.  Vomit.  Moving on to the middle ages..."

have you been looking at my notes??

i would only add two sentences. "aristotle also wrote 100 years following the theatre performances he describes, which would be like my having you write a very long essay on what you imagine to be the perfections of the engine of a new rolls royce as developed in 1906 - you could make some good guesses, but they would be basically useless as far as the study of history is concerned. as to roman theater, the name of the playright 'plautus' will be on your exam, so we can all add to the illusion that the roman theatre offers anything worth studying. now - moving on to the middle ages....."

I'm signing up.  When is registration?

[nishi]

classes start august 28. and we're not reading any of those middle age morality plays, either. those we're acting out with finger puppets.

[Listener]

have you been looking at my notes??

i would only add two sentences. "aristotle also wrote 100 years following the theatre performances he describes, which would be like my having you write a very long essay on what you imagine to be the perfections of the engine of a new rolls royce as developed in 1906 - you could make some good guesses, but they would be basically useless as far as the study of history is concerned. as to roman theater, the name of the playright 'plautus' will be on your exam, so we can all add to the illusion that the roman theatre offers anything worth studying. now - moving on to the middle ages....."

That soiunds like something I would say if I was teaching a class like this.  Rock on.