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This pathfinder will help you find pertinent information allowing
you to better understand the ancient Greek world of drama.
In this pathfinder you will find print resources and electronic
resources, all available in or through the Smith Family Library
and all of which will help you with your Greek Drama assignments.
Finding Books
Ready to look for a book about Greek Drama and the Tragedy?
When using the Winnebago/Spectrum on-line catalog
of the Smith Family Library, you can do an effective keyword
search, but the most precise way to retrieve relevant
information is to do a subject search. In on-line library
catalogs such as the one we use here at Milken Community High
School, the search engine looks for the Library of Congress
Subject Headings assigned to a particular book. These headings
help you find books that are specifically about your topic.
A great way to find an effective subject heading for a subject
search is to look in the Red Books, the Library of
Congress Subject Headings books. The Smith Family Library
has a set of these Subject Headings in the Professional Collection
and they are available for student use. But to get started
on this assignment right away, here are some examples of useful
search terms for keyword or subject searches:
- Greek drama
- Greek drama (Tragedy)
- Theater of Dionysus (Athens, Greece)
- Theaters--Greece--Athens
- Theaters--Design and construction.
- Sophocles
- Gods, Greek
- Heroes
- Mythology, Greek.
Terms and concepts
Looking for a definition of parados, or the names
of famous Greek tragedians, or the function of the chorus
in Greek theatre? There are plenty of books that define and
explain such concepts. Some are to be found in our Reference
Collection, which means they may be used only in the library.
Others will be found in the stacks, which means you may check
them out. Here are a few of those you will find in our library:
- The Concise Oxford Companion the the Theatre (REF
792.03 CON)
- The Oxford Illustrated History of the Theatre (792.09
OXF)
- Cuddon, J. A., A dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary
Theory (REF 803 CUD)
- Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature (REF
803 MER)
- Nicoll, Allardyce, World Drama From Aeschylus to Anouilh
(809.2 NIC)
- The Norton Book of Classical Literature (REF
880 NOR) & (880 NOR)
- The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (REF
880.9 HOW)
- Freeman, Charles., Egypt, Greece & Rome (909
FRE)
- Ancient Greece and Rome, Volumes 1 - 4 (938
ANC)
- Greece: Temples, Tombs, & Treasures (938
GRE)
- Hamilton, Edith, The Greek Way, (938 HAM)
- Nardo, Don, The Ancient Greeks, (938 NAR)
- The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations (939
HAY)
- Nardo, Don, Greece, (949.5 NAR)
Author Information
Need more information about the author of the work you are
researching, or the historical context in which it was written?
A good place to start is in our selection of encyclopedias,
either in print in our reference collection, or on-line in
our library WEB site on the Searchable
Databases page.
Encyclopedia Britannica (REF 031 BRI) the on-line
version is also available through the Searchable
Databases page of the Smith Family Library Web Site
World Book Encyclopedia (REF 031 WOR) the on-line
version is also available through the Searchable
Databases page of the Smith Family Library Web Site]
Encyclopedia Americana (REF 031 ENC)
Encyclopedia of World Biography [On-line on your desktop]
GaleNet, available on the Searchable
Databases page of the Smith Family Library Web Site, includes
the Literature Resource Center, providing access to biographies,
bibliographies and critical analysis of authors form every
age and literary discipline. Try a search there for: Sophocles.
Criticism, Summaries and Full Text
Looking for published criticism on an author or title? Need
a plot summary and character list for Sophocles' Antigone?
Need the full text version of Aeschylus' The Persions?
Searching for a straightforward introductory essay on Euripides?
Try one of these resources:
The University of Chicago's series Great Books of the
Western World (REF 028 GRE v.4) includes the full
text of plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes,
each with concise introductory biographical notes and character
lists.
Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature (REF
803 MER) is both an encyclopedia and a dictionary, gathering
information about literary traditions, works, and authors.
The Greenhaven Press' Literary Companion Series of
Readings On various authors and titles provides an
accessible resource for researching literary lives and works.
Every book contains an in-depth biography as well as introductions
and critical essays covering authors' literary themes and
insights. Conduct a search in our Library Catalog to see which
Readings On titles are available in our collection.
Again, GaleNet, available on the Searchable
Databases page of the Smith Family Library Web Site, includes
the Literature Resource Center, providing access to biographies;
bibliographies and critical analysis of authors form every
age and literary discipline.
Online Resources
Northern Virginia Community College's Introduction to
Theatre Online Course (Dr. Eric W. Trumbull, Professor,
Theatre/Speech) has a splendid site on Ancient
Greek Theatre. Another good resource is The
Ancient Greek Theatre Page. If your teacher allows
you to use WEB resources, take a look at these two sites.
The Internet Public Library's Online
Literary Criticism Collection contains 4689 critical and
biographical websites about authors and their works that can
be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary
period. As the Internet Public Library states, good, authoritative
critical works can be some of the hardest kinds of information
to find on the Internet. To help retrieve relevant information,
they've gathered and described some of the best starting places
for finding such resources.
One more time, GaleNet, available on the Searchable
Databases page of the Smith Family Library Web Site, includes
the Literature Resource Center, providing access to biographies;
bibliographies and critical analysis of authors form every
age and literary discipline.
Citing Your Sources
Don't forget to cite your sources properly. You can pick
up an MLA citation style sheet from the Smith Family Library
staff or you may go to the Library web site for MLA
citation samples.
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