Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: TOPICS IN HUMANITIES: COMMON SOURCES: LITERATURE AND OPERA

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Concentrates on literary sources used for operatic adaptation, especially operas of the 20th century. Will compare operas with their original literary sources, discuss narrative divergences, use of music as dramatic coloring, and literary characteristics of libretti. Repeatable for Credit.