ENGL
202
Modern Drama
Last Offered Spring 2020
Division I
Cross-listed
COMP 202
/ THEA 229
/ ENGL 202
This course is not offered in the current catalog or this is a previous listing for a current course.
Class Details
An introduction to major plays and key movements in European and American theatre since the late nineteenth century. Our focus will be on close reading, with attention also to questions of performance and production. Plays to be discussed will likely include: Ibsen, Hedda Gabler; Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard; Pirandello, Six Characters in Search of an Author; Brecht, Mother Courage; Miller, Death of a Salesman; Beckett, Waiting for Godot; Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun; Pinter, Betrayal; Churchill, Cloud Nine; Stoppard, Arcadia.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 18
Expected: 18
Class#: 3811
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 18
Expected: 18
Class#: 3811
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
two 5-page papers; regular journal responses; a final exam; and active participation in class discussions
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
Theatre, English, and Comparative Literature majors
Unit Notes:
this course is strongly recommended for any students majoring in Theatre
Distributions:
Division I
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
COMP 202 Division I THEA 229 Division I ENGL 202 Division I
COMP 202 Division I THEA 229 Division I ENGL 202 Division I
Attributes:
ENGL Literary Histories C
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