THTR 371 - History,Literature,and Theory of the Theatre:Premodern World

Institution:

Denison University

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Description:

This course explores the relationship among theatrical storytelling traditions and the cultures and audiences that produced them from ancient Africa, Turkey, and Greece to medieval Europe, south Asia, and the Middle East, including an introduction to the courtly performance of east Asia. Major topics of investigation will include evidence of prehistoric theatre forms, ancient Egyptian and pre-Hellenistic theatre and drama in the Mediterranean world, classical and late Hellenistic drama and performance, republican and imperial Roman drama and theatre, origins of the Sanskrit drama and performance of the classical Indus River Valley civilization, the religious and secular theatre of medieval Christian Europe, and the early theatre forms of the Islamic world. Course readings combine primary sources (textual, archaeological, iconographic, miscellaneous), secondary analyses, and drama and theory texts. Sophomore-Junior-Senior status.(4 credits)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.denison.edu

Phone Number:

(740) 587-0810

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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