LIT-242 Drama in Dialogue: from Ancient Greece to the 21st Century
This course explores a broad sampling of dramatic literature, from Ancient Greece to 20th century Nigeria, from medieval China to 19th-century Denmark. We will examine how playwrights in disparate times and cultures engage similar issues—familial ties and revenge, women’s place in society, and the ethics of representation—and the ways that performance is an act of interpretation. Playwrights include: Aristophanes, Junxiang, de la Barca, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Wilde, Stoppard, Hwang, & Soyinka.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Prerequisite
One course in literature.
Offered
Fall
Notes
(History or Genre)