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Elena Hartwell
TCXG 371
Tacoma Campus
An investigation of western and non-western forms of staged performance from a historical, social, political, and cultural perspective. Subjects include the classical stage, medieval mystery plays, Jesuit theater, Noh and Kabuki theater, the Peking opera, Yiddish theater, Agit-Prop, the cabaret, the operatic gesamtkunstwerk, Avant-Garde theater, and Performance Art.
Class description
Students will have the opportunity to explore five play scripts through a variety of ways. Production techniques as well as textual analysis will be incorporated to give people with any level of theatrical experience a deeper understanding of the art form. This semester the focus will be on serious dramas; what is a tragedy? are all serious plays also tragic?
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
Have an open mind to content and structure
Class assignments and grading
Individual writing, class participation, group work, discussion
