THETR-171 Theaters of the Empire: Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish Drama
Theaters of the Empire: Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish Drama is a course devoted to a study of the best-known plays of the Russian Empire composed during its last century and shortly after its collapse (1820s-1920s). All the main traditions of the theater are represented: Romanticism, Realism, Symbolism, Expressionism, and the Avant-Garde. Featured playwrights include Alexander Pushkin, Adam Mickiewicz, Nikolai Gogol, Alexander Ostrovsky, Stanisław Wyspiański, Anton Chekhov, Alexander Blok, Leonid Andreev, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Lesia Ukrainka, Vladimir Maiakovsky, and Mykola Kulish. Since the chosen plays are all part of the living repertoire, we will study them not only as literary constructs, but also examine how they have been and might be performed.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Cross Listed Courses
RSNST-171