Course details
Name: ENLT - 375
Title: MODERN DRAMA IBSEN TO ONEILL
Section: 01
Semester: Fall - 2018
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 & 1930, address these and many other questions. This course covers Naturalist Drama to Theater of the Absurd. We will read and consider the performance histories of Scandinavian, German, & Anglo-Irish theater: Ibsen (Doll House, Hedda Gabler), Strindberg (The Father, Miss Julie), Wilde (The Importance of Being Earnest), Elsa Bernstein (Twilight), Wedekind (Spring Awakening), &/or O'Neill (Long Day's Journey into Night).
Students only need to acquire copies of one of the texts (O’Neill, Yale UP: ISBN 978-0300-18641-3); the rest are provided as pdfs.
Students will leave with a profound appreciation for the development of modern Europe & its playhouses. For English majors, Satisfies: pre-1900 (1b)/2011 pre-1900 (1c or 1d), drama genre study, multinational (4a)/2011 international issues (3a), & gender studies (4d)/2011 women & gender studies (3c). Gen. Humanities major “Comp. Lit.” requirement
Last updated on 2018-03-25 By
Nielsen Wendy (nielsenw)
Schedule: Tuesday,Thursday From 4:00 pm To 5:15 pm
Graduation requirements:
- Any Literature (1e)
- Genre Study (Drama)
- Pre-1900 (1c)
- International Issues (3a)
- Women and Gender Studies (3c)
Teaching Faculty: Nielsen Wendy (nielsenw)
Is course canceled: No