THET 250 Shakespeare from Page to Stage

This course focuses on reading, analyzing, and interpreting Shakespeare's plays as literary texts; understanding them as products of specific cultural, historical, and artistic currents; and exploring them as performance texts meant for production. Emphasis is given to the process that transforms literary text through production, informed by literary and theatrical elements.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Pre- or corequisite: 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 Shakespearean pay to production from acting, design, and directing perspectives.
3. Analyze and evaluate the ongoing power of Shakespeare's plays and apply these techniques to other performances.
4. Develop techniques to evaluate productions of Shakespeare's plays 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 Shakespearean pay 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 the ongoing power of Shakespeare's plays and apply these techniques to other performances.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Performance review and production project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
   • Creative Process Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Develop techniques to evaluate productions of Shakespeare's plays 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