THTR1081 — World of Drama
THTR 1081 - World of Drama THTR 1081 - World of Drama Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Internship hours per week 0 Course Description: Play texts open up exciting, fictional worlds for the reader, and contain clues to the actual historical and cultural worlds from which they emerged. In this course, a variety of important plays are read, studied, discussed, written about, and read aloud. The structure and language of plays are carefully explored. Historical, cultural, and political contexts of plays representing a diverse global collection are examined and evaluated. Through reading plays, participating in discussions, listening to lectures, engaging in research, and thinking and responding creatively, the world of dramatic art can begin to be unlocked. MnTC Goals Goal 6 Goal 7A Cultural context of a play. Political and societal context of a play. For each play, the following topics will be explored/discussed/covered: Structure/plot of the play. Use of imagery, metaphor, and theme in the play. Discovering the authors point of view. Discovering the students point of view. Overview of the World of Drama Historical periods Genres Cultural contexts Political contexts Structures and types of drama Oral and written traditions Play texts will be drawn from at least eight of the categories listed below. Some texts can relate to two or more categories. Zoot Suit, for example, by Luis Valdez, is both Brechtian and by a Hispanic- American author. Greek/Roman Middle Ages Renaissance (Europe)
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052