THEA252
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THEA 252 - History Drama and Theatre II |
The study of the historical and esthetic drama and
theatre from the Renaissance to current theatre and drama. Prerequisite:
ENGL110. (3,0) 3 |
Instructor: Robert G. Cooper
Rationale:
This is part II of a theatre course which surveys historical and aesthetic drama and theatre from the Renaissance to current theatre and drama. It is of necessity, therefore, not an intensive study of a single period, genre of theatre, or author. That is the responsibility of other courses.
However, because this is a history of theatre and drama and because students will have different interests in theatre, some effort will be made to encourage students to develop an awareness of and interest in the general body of the theory of historical study as it pertains to theatre and dramatic presentations and literature. Our purpose to to foster in our students the ability to discuss theatre from an historical perspective, and to explore ways in which theatre fits into the intellectual, sociological, political, psychological, etc. development of history and the human race.
So, students will be required to come to their own terms of understanding of unique pieces of theatre and theatrical movements, to develop their own frameworks for that understanding, and to engage in a dialogue with their colleagues as they come to terms with and explain their understanding.
Evaluation:
Class Schedule (subject to change with due notice)
Week |
Content |
Brockett |
1 Jan 14 |
Course Introduction
Review of Medieval Theatre (The Reckoning video) What is history? Why and how do we do it? |
101-104 |
2 Jan 21 |
Elizabethan Theatre
|
105-135 |
3 Jan 28 |
Golden Age of Spain and
France |
Ch16 |
4 Feb 4 |
English Restoration
(1660-1800) |
Ch 9,
201-228 |
5 Feb 11 |
Germany in the 1700s |
256-269 Ch 10 |
6 Feb 18 |
Pre-Revolutionary France
(to 1799) |
Ch 8 Ch 10 |
7 Feb 25 |
Early 1800s
|
Ch 12-13 278-297 |
(Reading Week) |
REVISED SCHEDULE
Week |
Content |
Brockett |
8 Mar 11 |
Class cancelled due to weather. |
|
9 Mar 18 R. Cooper |
Later 1800s -
Reaction Questions |
Ch 14-15 323-368 |
10 Mar 25 Jeff Rohlman
|
Early 20th Century
-
Reaction Questions
|
Ch 19 |
9 Apr 1 Chelsea Paduan |
Modern Realism to
Naturalism- Reaction
Questions
Dress Rehearsal You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
Ch 16 |
11 Apr 8 Nick Meier |
Theatre of the Absurd
Student workshops: Gladly Otherwise, The Tridget of Greva |
Ch 20 |
12 Apr 15 Mark Herbert |
Postwar Realism
Mid-century - Reaction Question
|
Ch 21 |
13 Apr 22Gabby Castillo |
Twentieth century
theatre from around the world
|
Ch 24-26 |
14 Apr 22 Jamie Hoffman |
Broadway - An Overview (video from PBS) | |
For Week 13 - April 15, 2009 (Due April 22)
Select any play written and produced between 1945 and 1968, and, giving evidence from the play, show how it is related to or representative of the era in which it was produced.