TRADITIONS IN DRAMATIC LITERATURE

ENGL 654

Study of the historical, theoretical and practical approaches to theatre and performance dramaturgy. Read and discuss scholarship about the field, and produce dramaturgical research education, production and outreach tasks through diverse written assignments and practical exercises.

ENGL/THEATRE 732

Problems of scholarship in the dramatic, performance and staging practices of major traditions of world theatre history since 1700, including melodrama, naturalism, the avant-garde, and other movements that helped shaped contemporary theatre.

ENGL/THEATRE 578

Representative twentieth-century plays from Glaspell and O'Neill to the present considered within contemporary cultural, theatrical and academic context.

THEATRE 424

Considers important current trends in performance and dramatic literature worldwide. Writing component includes both literary and performance criticism. When possible, some course materials are linked to University Theatre productions.

ENGL/THEATRE 120

Reading important plays, attending stage productions, writing and thinking critically about theatre and drama. Emphasis on developing analytic skills in dramatic literature and theatre production.