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Semester: | Fall 2024 |
Number: | 0192-210-001 |
Instructor: | TBA |
Days: | Monday Wednesday 9:00 am - 10:45 am |
Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
Location: | Garden City - Performing Arts Center 216 |
Credits: | 3 |
Notes: |
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Fall 2021* |
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Description: |
Western theatre origins, practice, literature and styles from Greek tragedy to the English Renaissance theatre are focuses of this course. Using lectures, historical texts, representative dramas and recorded productions, the themes, language and development of Greco-Roman, medieval and British Renaissance theatre are examined in historical context. (Distribution Reqs:Arts) |
Learning Goals: |
0192-210: THEATRE HISTORY IStudents will: 1) become familiar with the arc of theatrical and dramatic development from the Golden Age of Athens to the Elizabethan Renaissance; 2) read and discuss representative examples of the drama of the periods, adding to their knowledge of great dramatic literature; 3) begin the process, concluded in Theatre History Two, of understanding their own contemporary relationship to theatrical historic development; 4) add to their understanding of theatre production by viewing filmed productions of texts read in class, relating theatre production to historical knowledge and research. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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