PFA (0192) 260 - Theatre History II

Credits: 3

The second half of Theater History I, this course examines the eighteenth and nineteenth-century European antecedents to twentieth century American drama. Playwrights such as Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekov, Wilde, Shaw, and Yeats will be discussed in terms of their influence on some of the major literary movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These movements include Romanticism, Naturalism, Symbolism, Impressionism, Expressionism, and Surrealism. American playwrights will include Elmer Rice, Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Sam Shepard, Caryl Churchill, and others. Additional emphasis will be placed on the development of modern stagecraft and modern scene design. Class will consist of lectures and in-class discussion of plays. Also included will be a Broadway theater tour.

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When Offered: Spring