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College Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

DRAMA H6111-2 — Dramaturgy and Context

4 credits
Fall and Spring
Shana Komitee, Guests

Dramaturgy and Context examines many of the world’s most influential plays, playwrights, actors, directors, critics, and theatrical experiments. Beginning with the plays and theater of William Shakespeare to support exploration in the first-year Discovery Project, this course will explore topics such as Western drama’s origins in 5th-century Athens, performance modes in ancient Japan and India, 17th-century European theaters of absolutism, the contemporary landscape in the United States and South Africa, and more.