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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to Shakespeare's language, themes, and dramatic art; detailed study of representative history plays, comedies, and tragedies, chiefly before 1600. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the major tragedies, Roman plays, and symbolic romances, chiefly after 1600. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3] Introduction to literature of the modern theater. Playwrights such as Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Wilde, Shaw, Synge, and O’Neill are studied against the background of contemporary intellectual currents and literary trends. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Playwrights such as Pirandello, Anouilh, Brecht, Ionesco, Genet, Beckett, Pinter, and Miller are read with special attention given to experiments in dramatic forms. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on crucial moments in the development of theatre as an art form, paying special attention to the origin and development of various theatrical forms and texts. The history of the art of acting, directing, theatre architecture, scenic lighting, costume design, and playwriting is investigated. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A course designed to acquaint the student with basic theory of directing, including a historical overview of the director's changing role. Class will cover blocking, movement, various staging areas and terminology, work with actors, and interpretation of the play. Final project will be a short play or scene directed by each student. Prerequisite: DRA 160 or permission of instructor.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Advanced independent research and learning in areas not covered by conventional DRA offerings. May not be used in lieu of a conventional course. Usually taken after having completed successfully a substantial number of courses in the department. Requires submission of an articulate proposal for the study, and prior arrangement with the prospective advisor. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Students gain practical experience of theatre through workshop exercises and discussing the work of contemporary theatre practitioners. For the remainder of the course, students form groups and, under close supervision, develop short plays to be produced at a theatre festival at the end of the spring semester. This course is intended as the culminating experience of the drama minor. Prerequisites: DRA 160, and 164, and 264; or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Instruction and practical experience in performing for the camera. Class stresses process and terms used in television and film production f rom the standpoint of the performer. Regular on-camera experience enables students to study themselves and others on the monitor in order to observe their progress. Differences between film and stage work are emphasized, giving the film or drama student an overview of the two forms from a production standpoint. Prerequisites: DRA 264 and DRA 265, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A study of British drama between the Restoration and the Victorian era. Emphasis on changes in theatre practice (the appearance of women on the stage, the Licensing Act, spectacle), on controversies about the morality and purpose of the theatrical arts, and on the emergence of new dramatic genres (libertine comedy, she-tragedy, bourgeois tragedy, farce, comic opera, sentimental comedy, closet drama). Playwrights may include Dryden, Congreve, Behn, Wycherley, Rowe, Centlivre, Fielding, Gay, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Inchbald, Baillie, and Byron. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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