SPANLIT 102N - Contemporary Latin American Theater

Institution:

Stanford University

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Description:

(F,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Representative playwrights and theater troupes of Spanish speaking Latin America and the Caribbean, emphasizing the 60s and 70s. Topics: representation and politics; theatrical language and poetics; avant gardes and performance; teatro comprometido; psychodrama; influence of Brecht, Artaud, and the Theater of the Absurd. Plays by Emilio Carballido, Sabina Berman, Virgilio Pi era, Jose Triana, René Marqués, Luis Rafael Sánchez, La Candelaria, Yuyachkani, OsvaldoDragún, Griselda Gambaro, Eduardo Pavlovsky, Egon Wolff. GER:DB-Hum 3-4 units, Aut (Briceno, X)

Credits:

3.00 - 4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stanford.edu/

Phone Number:

(650) 723-2300

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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