Course details
Name: ENLT - 375
Title: MODERN DRAMA IBSEN TO ONEILL
Section: 01
Semester: Fall - 2015
Credits: 3
Description:
What is the tragedy of the modern family? How are family members expected to perform? And can the theater even begin to portray the comedy and tragedy (or tragicomedy) that is modern life? So-called Anti-Aristotelian dramas, or the plays written and produced between ca. 1870 and 1930, address these and many other questions. This course covers Naturalist Drama through Modern Drama. We will read and consider the performance histories of Scandinavian, German, Anglo-Irish, and Italian theater: Ibsen (Doll House, Hedda Gabler, Master Builder), Strindberg (The Father, Miss Julie), Ernst Rosmer (pseudonym for Elsa Bernstein, author of Twilight), F. Wedekind (Spring Awakening), Oscar Wilde (Importance of Being Earnest), and Eugene O'Neill (Long Day's Journey into Night). Students will leave with a profound appreciation for the development of modern Europe and its playhouses. This asynchronous hybrid course will meet on campus on Tuesdays; students will do online activities by 10am on Thursdays so that they can respond to other students by 10am on Fridays.
Last updated on 2015-03-19 By
Nielsen Wendy (nielsenw)
Schedule: Tuesday,Thursday From 1:00 pm To 2:15 pm
Graduation requirements:
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- Genre Study (Drama)
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- Pre-1900 (1c)
- International Issues (3a)
- Women and Gender Studies (3c)
Teaching Faculty: Nielsen Wendy (nielsenw)
Is course canceled: No