Fall 2024 Comparative Literature BC3630 section 001

THEATRE AND DEMOCRACY

Call Number 00186
Day & Time
Location
T 8:10am-10:00am
501 Diana Center
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Hana Worthen
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

What links concepts of theatre and concepts of democracy? How does theatre promote democracy, spectators’ civic participation, and vice versa, how do concepts and modes of theatre prevent the spectators from assuming civic positions both within and outside a theatrical performance? Arranged in three sections—“Tragedies and Democracies,” “Theatrical Propriety and Liberal Democracy,” and “Rhapsody for Theatre”—this class explores both the promotion and the denial of democratic discourse in the practices of dramatic writing and theatrical performance.

Web Site Vergil
Department Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
Enrollment 5 students (16 max) as of 9:05PM Monday, December 23, 2024
Subject Comparative Literature
Number BC3630
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Section key 20243CPLT3630X001