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Academic Year 2004/2005

Introduction to Western Drama
ENGL 213 FA

This course focuses on close reading of a dozen great plays of the Western tradition, with attention to contemporary trends as well. Leitmotifs running throughout the course will include the nature of dramatic heroes and antiheroes; considerations of genre--tragedy, comedy, and everything in between; and realism as myth--or why there's no such thing as realism (really). Not for skimmers; students should expect to read play texts with care and more than once.

MAJOR READINGS

Sophocles, OEDIPUS THE KING
Moliere, THE MISER
Ibsen, HEDDA GABLER
Chekhov, THE CHERRY ORCHARD
Shakespeare, KING LEAR
Synge, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
Pirandello, SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Shaw, SAINT JOAN
Beckett, ENDGAME
Formes, FEFU AND HER FRIENDS
Wilson, FENCES

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two papers and two in-class exams.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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