Spring 2025 Theatre UN3151 section 001

CRITICAL HISTORIES OF DRAMA, THEATRE, AN

CRIT HIST DRAMA, THTR & P

Call Number 00411
Day & Time
Location
MW 10:10am-11:25am
To be announced
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Yizhou Huang
Type LECTURE
Course Description

This course undertakes a dialectical approach to reading and thinking about the history of dramatic theatre, interrogating the ways writing inflects, and is inflected by, the material dynamics of performance in the modern era. Course undertakes careful study of the practices of performance, and of the sociocultural, economic, political, and aesthetic conditions animating representative performances in theatres globally; course will also emphasize development of important critical concepts for the analysis of drama, theatre, and performance. Topics include the sociology of theatre, the impact of print on conceptions of performance, representing gender and race, the politics of intercultural performance, and the dynamics of emerging forms and critical practices of performance analysis. Writing: 2-3 papers; Reading: 1-2 plays, critical and historical reading per week; final examination. Fulfills one (of two) lecture requirements for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors.

Web Site Vergil
Department Theatre @Barnard
Enrollment 40 students (40 max) as of 11:06AM Saturday, December 7, 2024
Status Full
Subject Theatre
Number UN3151
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Open To Barnard College, Columbia College, Engineering:Undergraduate, General Studies
Section key 20251THTR3151V001