Spring 2027

Postcolonial Theatre: Drama, Theory and Performance in the Global South

Examines drama, theory, and performance in postcolonial cultures across Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, focusing on form, language, and trans-culturation.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Aparna Dharwadker3.1/5

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 3.81 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and critique dramas, dramatic theory and theatrical practices in postcolonial cultures.

  • Explore the status of drama/theatre in postcolonial studies.

  • Identify and apply methods and approaches for analysis of literary and cultural texts to demonstrate literature's contemporary and historical relevance.

  • Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs.

  • Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate and pursue an original research question in the context of those gaps.

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ENGL/THEATRE 577

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 3.81 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

APARNA DHARWADKER is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Fall 2017, Fall 2020, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 3.81 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Form, language, intertextuality, trans-culturation, material organization, and reception.
  • Status of drama and theatre in postcolonial studies.

Skills

  • Critique dramas, dramatic theory, and theatrical practices in postcolonial cultures.
  • Apply methods and approaches for analysis of literary and cultural texts.
  • Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language.
  • Formulate and pursue an original research question based on gaps in scholarly literature.

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ENGL/THEATRE 577 · Spring 2027

Postcolonial Theatre: Drama, Theory and Performance in the Global South

Recorded 2026-10-14
ENGL/THEATRE 577 · Spring 2027

Postcolonial Theatre: Drama, Theory and Performance in the Global South

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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