THET 216 Contemporary Drama
Contemporary Drama studies works written for European and American theater from 1950 until current practice. Students discuss and appraise plays; identify basic elements which distinguish contemporary drama from earlier periods; evaluate performances of contemporary plays; and study what playwrights have said about the nature of drama. Students also discuss the impact of gender, race, culture, and sexual orientation studies on dramatic material.
Hours Weekly
3
Course Objectives
- Identify, organize and apply critical theory by using basic literary and theatrical concepts, elements, and
stylistic characters specific to the dramatic work. - 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.
- Analyze and evaluate texts through the lens of global and diverse social, intellectual, historic, and artistic contexts.
- Develop techniques to evaluate productions and apply these techniques to other performances.
- Discuss issues of cultural identity related to class, gender, sexuality and race as they are represented in contemporary theatre.
- 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.
- Evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of primary and secondary sources.
Course Objectives
- 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
- 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
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- 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
- Develop techniques to evaluate productions and apply these techniques to other performances.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Discuss issues of cultural identity related to class, gender, sexuality and race as they are represented in contemporary theatre.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- 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
- Written journal assignments, Research projects and presentations
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Information Literacy Rubric
- Evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of primary and secondary sources.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Information Literacy Rubric