THET 209 Modern Drama

This course focuses on reading, analyzing, and interpreting plays from the modern era distinct from earlier periods; understanding them as products of specific cultural, historical, scientific, and artistic currents; and exploring them as performance texts intended for production. Special attention will be given to the major trends in modern theatre including Realism, Naturalism, musical theatre, Expressionism, Epic Theatre, and Theatre of the Absurd.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Identify, organize, and apply critical theory by using basic literary and theatrical concepts, elements, and stylistic characters specific to the dramatic work.
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities and alternatives to demonstrate innovation and risk-taking in following the steps necessary to bring a play to production from acting, design, and directing perspectives.
3. Analyze and evaluate texts through the lens of global and diverse social, intellectual, historic and artistic contexts.
4. Develop techniques to evaluate productions and apply these techniques to other performances.
5. Write clearly and effectively using appropriate, relevant, and properly attributed content that demonstrates the writer's understanding and the standard conventions of writing about theatre.
6. Evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of primary and secondary sources.

Course Objectives

1. Identify, organize, and apply critical theory by using basic literary and theatrical concepts, elements, and stylistic characters specific to the dramatic work.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Written journal assignment

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities and alternatives to demonstrate innovation and risk-taking in following the steps necessary to bring a play to production from acting, design, and directing perspectives.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Analyze and evaluate texts through the lens of global and diverse social, intellectual, historic and artistic contexts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Performance review and production history

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Develop techniques to evaluate productions and apply these techniques to other performances.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Essay

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
5. Write clearly and effectively using appropriate, relevant, and properly attributed content that demonstrates the writer's understanding and the standard conventions of writing about theatre.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Essay

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Information Literacy Rubric

   Information Literacy

   • IL1
   • IL3
6. Evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of primary and secondary sources.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Information Literacy Rubric

   Information Literacy

   • IL2