LITERATURE 107 - Modern Drama

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Claremont McKenna College

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Staff In this course we will read works by British and Irish dramatists, as well as samplings of contemporary English-language plays by authors not residing in Britain. Our course begins with the dramatic and thematic innovations of Wilde, Yeats, Shaw, Synge and O'Casey. Our subsequent readings will include the writing of Osborne, Pinter, Orton, Fugard, Churchill, Behan, Friel, McDonogh, Beckett, Shaffer, Soynika and Stoppard. Offered every other year. 108. Early Women Writers: Medieval. Meyer This course is an interdisciplinary survey of some of the outstanding women writers of western medieval Europe from the 9th through the 15th centuries. Although all works will be read in modern English translations, they represent a wide range of linguistic and cultural traditions (Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin). Genres represented in the course include religious visionary works, letters, spiritual poetry, and the secular literature and visual art of the courts. Offered every third year.

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1.50

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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