THEA 248
The Modern Theatre: Plays and Performance
Last Offered Spring 2016
Division I
Cross-listed COMP 248 / ENGL 234
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

This seminar will examine major trends in global theatre and performance from the turn of the nineteenth century through the postwar period. We will explore a variety of national traditions, comparing and positioning works in the context of revolutionary transformations of theatre practice. Artists to be considered may include: Strindberg, Ibsen, Wilde, Chekhov, Shaw, Pirandello, Treadwell, Artaud, O’Neill, Hughes, Stein, Williams, Hansberry, Al-Hakim, Brecht, Beckett, Abe, Genet, Soyinka, Pinter, Albee, Wilson, Gambaro, and Fornes. Although emphasis will be given to textual analysis and close reading, we will also consider trends in acting, directing, design, theatre architecture and the actor/audience relationship whenever possible.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 18
Expected: 10
Class#: 3980
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: two five-page papers; two "deep-reading" responses; active participation in class discussion; attendance at selected Theatre Department and Center Series productions
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: Theatre, English and Comparative Literature majors
Unit Notes: this course (or THEA 229) is required for the Theatre major
Distributions: Division I
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
THEA 248 Division I COMP 248 Division I ENGL 234 Division I

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