THTR 336 - Play Analysis: Modern Drama

Upper Division

Prerequisites
WRIT 200 or WRIT 201 or WRIT 205 or WRIT 210 or WRIT 215 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 225 or WRIT 230 or WRIT 308, previously or concurrently; Minimum grade C-.

Discussion and analysis of works of dramatic literature. This course focuses on the modern era in playwriting, beginning with the emergence of the style called realism in the 1880s. Students then encounter key playwrights of the 20th and 21st centuries, including those who challenged realism’s concern with “likeness to life” through such styles as Expressionism and Theatre of the Absurd.

Repeatable
No

Additional Notes
Previous course number: PERFA 036

Course credits: 2