World Drama

Catalog description

This course will direct students through a broad survey of international plays. We will focus our studies on plays on non-American (including non-Western) origin. course requirements will include an oral presentation and a research paper. Readings will be drawn from some of the following playwrights: Sophocles and Euripides (Greek), Shakespeare and Churchill (English), Ibsen (Norwegian), Brecht (German), Beckett and Friel (Irish), Soyinka (Nigerian), Fugard (South African), Makoto (Japanese), Gambaro (Argentinean), Wertenbaker (Australian), Cesaire (West Indian). Prerequisites: ENGL101 or ENGL115 Course Attributes: Humanities Elect/Integrations College of Arts & Sciences English