ENG 3630 - Workshop: Playwriting

Institution:

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

Subject:

English

Description:

3 hours; 3 credits This course provides beginning and advanced playwrights with practical techniques for developing works for the stage. Concentrating on the dynamics of live human interaction as the substance of drama, the course emphasizes the structure of action and examines examples from a wide range of dramatic styles. Students learn how dialogue, character, spectacle, and thought take on meaning in live experience of the theatrical event. They sketch scenarios, flesh them into drafts, and revise and rewrite those drafts into scripts for their production. The course helps playwrights achieve their own styles. Regular conferences. (Students will receive credit for either ENG 3630 or THE 3052.) Prerequisites: ENG 2150 and permission of the instructor.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.baruch.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(646) 312-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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