CVSP 212

Syllabus
 

DRAMA IN A CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXT

1. Course Learning Outcomes

In this course we will examine various modern theatre traditions, beginning with plays written by Chekhov and Ibsen in the late 19 ^th century and including contemporary works by Federico Garcia-Lorca, Wole Soyinka and Bertolt Brecht. As we read and analyze modern and contemporary plays from a number of traditions --European, Russian, African, etc. -- in both written and visual form, we will pay particular attention to the ways in which theatrical forms in the 20 ^th century have crossed cultural boundaries and in so doing created new modes of theatrical expression.