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1.25 Credits
Examination of theory and practice of theater and film comparing and contrasting works having been adapted from one genre to another. Lecture, film, and video viewing. Discussions of materialist, psychoanalytic, and feminist approaches shared. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 80X. (General Education Code(s): A.) P. Mostkoff
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1.25 Credits
Studies musical comedy as a distinctly American contribution to theater and film through scripts, scores, and film and video viewing. Analyzes European backgrounds, the relationship of Broadway musicals and Hollywood film in the studio era, works of Rogers and Hammerstein, and Sondheim, and changes in popular music from blues to rock to Disney musicals. (General Education Code(s): A.) D. Scheie
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1.25 Credits
Studies 20th- and 21st-century productions and adaptations of ancient Greek drama in theater, dance, music, and film, including Stravinsky, O'Neill, Graham, Pasolini, and Breuer, discussing artists' goals, the sociopolitical context, ideas of authenticity, and audience response. Enrollment limited to 30. (General Education Code(s): A.) M. Gamel
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1.25 Credits
Examines phenomenon of public art as a performative phenomenon in the 20th century. Begins with the theory of the public sphere in the work of Jurgen Haberman and social space in the work of Henri Lefebvre. Concludes with the popular phenomenon of public art in the 1980s and the demise of the NEA by the later 80s with the scandals of the NEA Four. (General Education Code(s): A.) M. Franko
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1.25 Credits
Focuses on selected plays of Shakespeare. Explores the range and variety of interpretations of the plays, both in critical writings and in performance. Also studies other writings and graphic art created on the subjects and themes of the plays. Offered in alternate academic years. (General Education Code(s): A.) J. Bierman
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1.25 Credits
Delves into the work of Chekhov and the Moscow art theater. Through scene work Stanislavski's acting techniques are related to the scripts. The impact on later Russian innovators, especially Meyerhold, and on the American theater is considered. (General Education Code(s): A.) The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Antonin Artaud through three critical lenses: influence on modern and contemporary theater, subject and site of psychoanalytic and social criticism, and theater practitioner. Exercises cultural, historical, and analytic approaches to his work. Prerequisite(s): course 60C; course 160 recommended. Enrollment limited to 40. (General Education Code(s): A.) K. Jannarone
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1.25 Credits
History of Yiddish theater from the beginning of the 19th Century until after the Second World War. Students read in the canon of Yiddish dramatic literature and discuss the work of major Yiddish theater troupes in Poland, Russia, and the United States. The connection between Yiddish and Hebrew theater is discussed and questioned. Enrollment limited to 40. (General Education Code(s): A, E.) The Staff
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1.25 Credits
A research seminar. Topics range from problems in dance aesthetics, criticism, or theory to particular movements, periods, or the work of a choreographer. (Formerly course 133.) Enrollment limited to 20. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): A.) M. Franko, E. Warburton
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1.25 Credits
Rare historical footage and the writings of famous choreographers provide an overview of 20th-century dance within the perspective of modernism. Topics include romanticism, "natural" dance, Orientalism, Ausdruckstanz, "industrial" dance, American modern dance and neo-classicism, chance procedure, postmodernism, and the avant-garde commodity marketplace. (Formerly course 134.) (General Education Code(s): A.) The Staff
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