THTR2152 — Script Analysis
THTR 2152 - Script Analysis THTR 2152 - Script Analysis 3 Credits Focus on analyzing play scripts with a view to discovering production and performance values and aesthetics. Students will read, interpret and respond to a wide variety of plays from different periods and styles. Critical analysis of structure, character, theme, dialogue, genre, and style relating to the play script. Emphasis placed on plays as performance texts and fundamental techniques used by actors, directors and designers to analyze scripts in preparation for performance. Major Content Areas Dramatic literature from varying eras and cultures. Literary elements as they are used in drama, such as plot structure, genre, subtext, and conflict. Analytic approaches to drama as text and performance. The cultural and historical context of selected dramatic literature. The role of drama as a cultural, historical, political or personal artifact. Critical writing in response to drama. Elements of production for selected plays. Learning