Course Syllabus

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Required Texts: purchase on your own (I recommend Literati Books):

  • Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett
  • Dream on Monkey Mountain, Derek Walcott
  • The Piano Lesson, August Wilson
  • The Clean House, Sarah Ruhl

In the Public Domain and Available Online:

  • Oedipus Rex, Sophocles
  • Trifles, Susan Glaspell

Articles and Excerpts found in the "Files" section of Canvas.

Course Objectives 

  1. To determine what "theatre" and "drama" have meant at different times in history and what they mean now, and to do so by examining plays in their theatrical and social contexts.
  2. To gain a fundamental understanding of how each of the theatre's constituent arts (acting, directing, design, playwriting, stage management) contributes to the making of a theatrical whole.
  3. To develop a sense of how theatre is a discipline without clear boundaries and how other practices intersect with and shape theatrical performance.

 

Paths to Completing This Course Successfully

Some assignments are required. You may do a variety of things to get the required number of points. You must complete the following: You can complete any of the following:

  • 1 Review
  • See 2 shows in addition to the one you review
  • 1 Journal Report
  • 1 Group Project
  • Attendance (Missing no more that two classes a term for full credit. After two absences, each absence affects the points in terms of the ratio of attended classes verses absences).

Point scale for 3 credits:

  • 990-1000 points - A+
  • 950-989 points - A
  • 900-949 points - A-
  • 870-899 points - B+
  • 820-869 points - B
  • 800-819 points - B-
  • 770-799 points - C+
  • 720-769 points - C
  • 700-719 points - C-
  • 670-699 points - D+
  • 620-669 points - D
  • 600-619 points - D-
  • Below 600 points - F

Point scale for 2 credits:

  • over 653 points  - A+
  • 627-652 points - A
  • 594-626 points - A-
  • 574-593 points - B+
  • 541-573 points - B
  • 528-540 points - B-
  • 508-527 points - C+
  • 475-507 points - C
  • 462-474 points - C-
  • 442-461 points - D+
  • 409-441 points - D
  • 396-408 points - D-
  • Below 396 points - F

Course Summary:

Course Summary
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