Literature 2308 - Modern American Drama

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

Theater This course introduces students to important American plays from about 1914 to 1955 and examines the relationship between modernism and the theater, as well as the ways in which European expressions of modernism influenced American playwrights. Authors studied include Djuna Barnes, Jane Bowles, e. e. cummings, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Mina Loy, ArthurMiller, Clifford Odets, Frank O'Hara, Eugene O'Neill, Gertrude Stein, Thornton Wilder, and Tennessee Williams.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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