THE 214 Modern European Theater and Drama
This course will examine the history of the European stage, and
significant dramatic literature, from 1870 to the present. Emphasis will
be placed on an examination of the major theatrical movements of realism,
expressionism, symbolism, epic theater, aburdism, and neo-realism, as well
as on the work of major dramatists including Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov,
George Bernard Shaw, August Strindberg, Luigi Pirandello, Bertolt Brecht,
and Samuel Beckett, among others. Plays to be studied include An Enemy
of the People, Rosmersholm, The Three Sisters, Mrs.
Warren's Profession, Pygmalion, Heartbreak House,
Miss Julie, A Dybbuk, Six Characters in Search of an Author,
The Rules of the Game, The Good Person of Setzuan, Galileo
, Waiting for Godot, Krapp's Last Tape, No Exit, The
Visit, Look Back in Anger, Equus, Breaking the Code
, Copenhagen, Mistero Buffo, and Accidental Death of an
Anarchist. The plays will be discussed as instruments for theatrical
production; as examples of dramatic style, structure, and genre; and, most
importantly, as they reflect the moral, social, and political issues in
the twentieth century and beyond. This course is offered in the spring
semester, 2006-2007 and alternate years.
Credits: 1
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