ENGL-209 Modern Drama

This course studies work written for European and American theater in the last and present century. Students discuss and appraise plays; identify basic elements which distinguish modern drama from earlier periods; evaluate performances of contemporary plays; and study what playwrights have said about the nature of drama. Students also discuss the impact of major philosophical and scientific achievements on dramatic material. This course is writing intensive.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

Also listed as THET-209.

Prerequisite

Prerequisite: ENGL-121.