0505-486 - German Theatre and Drama

Institution:

Rochester Institute of Technology

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Description:

A broad survey of German language plays and theater styles since 1800 (all materials in English translation). Chief focus is on the dramas and theater practice of Bertolt Brecht ( Threepenny Opera, Mother Courage and Her Children, Good Person of Szechwan, Life of Galileo, The Caucasian Chalk Circle). Emphasis is given also to developments in German theater through the period of the Berlin Wall (erected 1961, demolished 1989), and in the first decade after Germany's reunification. Class method includes practical experimenting with theatrical presentation. Part of the German language/culture concentration and minor and the theatre arts concentration and minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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