ENTH BC 3186x - Modern Drama

Institution:

Barnard College

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Description:

This course covers the development of drama and theatre from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth, addressing the ways writing and the physical, presentational instrument of performance has worked to frame theatre as an ideological instrument. Playwrights typically include a selection from: Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Shaw, Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht, Dürrenmatt, Handke, Churchill, Beckett, Kane. Essays by Zola, Freud, Nietzsche, Brecht, Eagleton, Derrida, Artaud, Stanislavsky, Grotowski, Jameson, etc. Course typically requires two papers and final examination. - W. B. Worthen 3 points

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.barnard.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 854-5262

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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