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Academic Year 2005/2006
Readings in American Drama
AMST 195 SP
We will read and discuss some canonized and uncanonized American plays written between the 1910s and the 1980s. Playwrights will include Susan Glaspell, Neith Boyce, Eugene O'Neill, Clifford Odets, Arthur Miller,
Tennessee
Williams, Amiri Baraka, Arthur Kopit, Ntozake Shange, and David Mamet. The course will consider how modern American drama serves as a resource for formulating cultural critique and cultural theory. In this respect the
seminar
serves also as an introduction to American Studies critical thinking.
MAJOR READINGS
Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook, SUPPRESSED DESIRES
Neith Boyce, CONSTANCY
Eugene O'Neill, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, THE HAIRY APE, and THE EMPEROR JONES
Clifford Odets, WAITING FOR LEFTY
Tennessee Williams, A STREETCAR
NAMED DESIRE
Arthur Miller, THE DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Amiri Baraka, THE DUTCHMAN and THE SLAVE
David Mamet, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
Arthur Kopit, INDIANS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Five papers. Each student will take a turn leading class discussion.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Pfister,Joel
- Times: ...W... 07:00PM-09:50PM; Location: CRT271SEM;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)
- SR. major: X Jr. major: X
- SR. non-major: X Jr. non-major: X SO: X FR: 20
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning, Speaking
- FYI: FYI Seminar
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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