Course details

Name: ENGL - 375

Title: MODERN DRAMA: IBSEN TO ONEILL

Section: 01

Semester: Fall - 2021

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? Plays written and produced between ca. 1870 & 1930 address these and many other questions. This course covers Naturalist Drama to Modernism. We will read and consider the performance histories of Scandinavian, German, Anglo-Irish, & American 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 will leave with a profound appreciation for the development of modern Europe & its playhouses. Students only need to purchase one book (Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night, Yale UP: ISBN 978-0300-186413), and the rest will be provided as pdfs on Canvas.

Last updated on 2021-04-05 By Nielsen Wendy (nielsenw)

Schedule: Tuesday From 2:30 pm To 5:00 pm

Graduation requirements:

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• 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