Course details

Name: ENGL - 493

Title: SEMINAR IN AMERICAN LITERATURE: ARTHUR MILLER

Section: 61

Semester: Summer - 2015

Credits: 3

Description:
An intensive study of the plays of one of America's greatest dramatists, whose career spanned more than 60 years, and the relationships between his works and his own life. We’ll begin with his first Broadway success, All My Sons, followed by his two most famous plays, Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. We’ll examine A View from the Bridge, After the Fall, and The Price as well as lesser known later plays such as The Ride Down Mount Morgan, and Broken Glass, We’ll also study some of Miller’s cinematic work, including The Misfits (starring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe) and Everybody Wins (starring Nick Nolte and Deborah Winger) plus the made for television film about the holocaust, Playing for Time (starring Vanessa Redgrave).

Last updated on 2015-01-30 By Slocum Keith (slocumk)

Schedule: Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday From 2:00 pm To 5:15 pm

Graduation requirements:

• Any Literature (1e)
• Genre Study (Drama)
• Other American (TE 1d)
• Post-1900 (1d)

Teaching Faculty: Slocum Keith (slocumk)

Is course canceled: No