Cite your readings properly (Chicago style), but please no extensive quotations or paraphrasing from secondary sources, or your film reviews.
What is the significance of the Medea story in Dassin’s Never on Sunday and what does the phrase “and they all went happily to the seashore” means? (10 marks). One page or approx. 300 words should be fine. Place the scene within the context of the film, but do not summarize the film plot.
Why is the widow in Cacoyannis, Zorba the Greek killed and what is the significance of this incident for the film? (10 marks). One page or approx. 300 words should be fine. Place the scene within the context of the film, but do not summarize the film plot.
What is the significance of the interruption of the folk play “Golfo” in Angelopoulos Traveling Players? What is the significance of the theatrical metaphor in this film? (20 marks). Make sure you read the materials posted and also cite the historical sources as evidence. Reply in 1.5 pages or approx. 500 words.
Discuss the historical/political background of Costas Gavras, Z, and explain how he illustrates it in his film. In what sense is this film a “Greek tragedy”? (20 marks). Make sure you read the materials posted and also cite the historical sources as evidence. Reply in 1.5 pages or approx. 500 words.
Discuss representations of “Greekness” in the films of Dassin (Never on Sunday) , Cacoyannis (Zorba the Greek and Iphigenia), and Angelopoulos (Traveling Players) (40 marks). Write an introductory paragraph and about a paragraph for each one of the four films, followed by one paragraph for conclusion. Reply in 2.5 pages or approx. 800 words.
Never on Sunday link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIP2FRS2pD8
Zorba the greek link: https://echo360.org/media/9d8feb90-5110-41d0-b071-2e99b8262633/public
the traveling players: https://echo360.org/media/2ebeb2c1-d8d3-4cc2-b1df-301d0eda2c4f/public
Z link: https://echo360.org/media/03b1ec2b-9ae7-4e68-8e88-e851433269d7/public
I will also send some articles in the chat
