ENGL 349
Contemporary Drama and Performance Fall 2012
Division I
Cross-listed COMP 355 / THEA 345
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As Gertrude Stein once remarked, “The hardest thing is to know one’s present moment.” What is going on it today’s theatre? What are the hot topics? Who are the writers and directors of our recent past and present moment? This seminar course will consider both experimental and mainstream drama and performance from the past twenty years, focusing on topics such as: auteur-directors, new realism, identity theatre, environmental theatre, performance art, cyber-plays, and the “virtuosic theatre” of the new century. Artists to be considered may include: The Wooster Group, Richard Foreman, Robert Wilson, Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, David Mamet, Rachel Rosenthal, Caryl Churchill, Mac Wellman, Tony Kushner, David Henry-Hwang, Suzan-Lori Parks, Sarah Kane, Richard Maxwell, Annie Baker, and others.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 18
Expected: 15
Class#: 1553
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: evaluation will be based on written and dramaturgical-based assignments as well as in-class discussions and a creative writing and/or performance project
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: Theatre, Art History, English or Comparative Literature majors
Distributions: Division I
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
COMP 355 Division I ENGL 349 Division I THEA 345 Division I

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