THE 213 American Theater and Drama
This course will examine the rich dramatic heritage of the United States
from the American Revolution to the present, with emphasis on the history
of the U.S. stage and the work of major dramatists including Eugene
O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Edward
Albee, among others. Plays to be studied include The Contrast,
Secret Service, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Long Day's Journey Into
Night, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Awake and Sing!,
The Little Foxes, Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth,
Mister Roberts, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Night of the
Iquana, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A Raisin
in the Sun, The Zoo Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
, Glengarry Glen Ross, True West, Brighton Beach Memoirs,
The Colored Museum, A Perfect Ganesh, Fences, Angels in
America, How I Learned to Drive, and The America Play.
The plays will be discussed as instruments for theatrical production; as
examples of dramatic style, structure, and genre; and, most importantly,
as they reflect moral, social, and political issues throughout the history
of the United States. This course is offered in the fall semester,
2006-2007 and alternate years.
Credits: 1
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