THE 300 - Topics In The Literature Of The Theatre
Department: Theatre
Description: Examination of dramatic literature, possibly including dramatic criticism and performance theory. Course content will vary. Multiple enrollments are allowed with different content; maximum of 6 hours.
Credit Hours: 3
Current Offerings
Fall 2024
- 001 - Lecture (In Person): M W 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM , Bruce Burningham 3.00 hour(s) , Majors Only
Dates: 08/19/2024 - 12/07/2024
Location: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 136A (STV 136A)
Instructor: Bruce Burningham
Course Specification: Majors Only
Class Notes: THE 300/THE 483 Topics in the Literature of the Theatre - Latin American Theatre (FALL 2024) This course will trace the major developments in Latin American and Latinx theater and performance from the 15th century to the present, and will explore the intersection of literature, theater, dance, ritual, performance, cinema, “virtual theater,” and the mass media. Class discussion will focus on questions of indigeneity and mestizaje; colonialism, neo-colonialism, and post-colonialism; theater as a vehicle for social and political protest; street theater and activism; social justice; and gender, sexuality, and ethnicity. Readings will include works from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and the US/Mexico border region (among others).
Spring 2025
- 002 - Lecture (In Person): M W 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM , Derek Munson 3.00 hour(s) , Majors Only
- 003 - Lecture (In Person): M W 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM , Bruce Burningham 3.00 hour(s)
Dates: 01/13/2025 - 05/03/2025
Location: Milner Library 132 (MLB 132)
Instructor: Derek Munson
Course Specification: Majors Only
Class Notes: Scripting and Monologue: Performing Identity Through Personal Narrative Everyone has a story to tell. Every story is unique and important. We all have highs and lows in life, those ups and downs that make life interesting and dramatic. If you want to write and tell your story, then this class is for you. At the end of this performance studies class, you will have explored the process of what it means to “script yourself” and share your story with an audience. You will explore and write about the performativity of comedy, satire, tragedy, music, poetry, and romance, all the things that create this crazy thing called life. You will keep daily journals, record observations, follow writing prompts, even write about dreams. By the end of the semester, you will have scripted and performed a short solo monologue. This class explores what it means to be you, to be human, and to tell your story.
Textbooks have not been finalized for section.
Dates: 01/13/2025 - 05/03/2025
Location: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 214 (STV 214)
Instructor: Bruce Burningham
Class Notes: Description: Through an examination of several of the films of Pedro Almodóvar, including (among others) What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984), The Law of Desire (1987), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990), Live Flesh (1997), Talk to Her (2002), Volver (2006), The Skin I Live In (2011), I’m So Excited (2013), Pain and Glory (2019), and Parallel Mothers (2021), this course will explore the major themes and cinematic aesthetics of Spain’s best-known contemporary director. Textbook Required: Desire Unlimited: The Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar by Paul Julian Smith
Textbooks have not been finalized for section.