theater 31-3105 - Styles/Crafts:Baroque-Modern

Institution:

Columbia College-Chicago

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Description:

Cultural history course surveys visual, literary, and performative traditions of Western theater. Theater conventions, architecture, and texts are presented alongside the art, architecture, dress, literature, politics, and social structure of a historic period. Instruction focuses on visual and literary interpretation of texts and an examination of the audience/ performance relationship. Class examines theater of the 18th and 19th centuries, focusing on the debate between Neoclassicism and Romanticism and studying background and thought behind Realism and Naturalism. Course offered spring semester only. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 ACTING I: BASIC SKILLS, 31-1600 INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN FOR THE STAGE, 52-1152 WRITING AND RHETORIC II

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colum.edu

Phone Number:

(312) 663-1600

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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