2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog

DRA 305 Modern Drama

This course surveys British, American, and European plays from Ibsen to the present, focusing on the movement from the realistic drama of the early modern period to the multi-dimensional theatre of the present. Study will also include dramatic theory and staging techniques related to modern drama, as well as critical material related to the works of individual authors. Reading in the course may include earlier dramatic works as reference for the study of modern and contemporary plays.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 101, ENG 102/103, and at least one semester of Literature

Distribution

Humanities

Offered

Fall, every third year