Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: English

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: MODERN DRAMA ON FILM AND IN PERMFORMANCE ***** Modern Drama on Film and in Performance: This course will focus on drama not only as text but also as performance. So we will read modern plays, from Enrico IV to Angels in America, and discuss them as they are often discussed in English courses, concentrating on theme, character, world, imagery, language, and dramatic action. But in addition we will also examine the "texts" as scripts, as working papers for actors and directors: in short, as source materials for performance. To this end we will also view movie versions of many of these plays, and students will act a scene in class in an effort to understand more fully the demands and possibilities of theatrical performance. Repeatable for Credit.