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Nov 22, 2024
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2023-2024 Catalog [PAST CATALOG]
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ENG 235 - Modern Drama3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term. This course meets the Arts & Humanities General Education Requirement.
Study significant individual works from modern and contemporary playwrights writing in English. Discuss thematic, stylistic, and conventional/generic concerns as well as social, literary and historical contexts of the plays.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 /ENG 101A or permission of the department chair.
Crosslisted: Also offered as ENG 235H ; credit is not given for both ENG 235 and ENG 235H .
Note: Typically offered at MC and OL; fall, spring, and summer terms.
Course Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the elements of the modern and contemporary theater as represented by significant works from modern and contemporary playwrights writing in English (or translated into English).
- Describe the schools, styles, themes, and conventions that constitute the modern dramatic tradition.
- Analyze and evaluate representative plays of the modern era.
- Explain the relationship of the plays to their intellectual, social, and cultural backgrounds.
- Trace changes in dramatic forms, styles, and conventions.
- Write analytically about modern drama.
- Practice close textual analysis through application of critical reading skills.
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