PERFA 036 - Theatre Masterpieces: Modern Drama

Lower Division

Discussion and analysis of masterworks 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 C., including those who challenged realism’s concern with “likeness to life” through such styles as Expressionism and Theatre of the Absurd.

Repeatable
May be repeated as play selection varies.

Course credits: 0.5