ENG 356L - Global Drama

3 Credit(s)

Liberal Arts
A survey of global drama from the earliest surviving performance texts to contemporary drama. Classical plays will represent major forms such as Greek tragedy, Sanskrit, Noh, Kabuki, Bunraku, Commedia dell’arte, and liturgical drama. Modern plays will survey developments in dramatic style, while exploring the impacts of colonialism, post-colonialism, and globalization. Playwrights may include Aeschylus, Zeami, Kālidāsa, Calderón, Molière, Racine, Goldoni, Brecht, Beckett, Al-Hakim, Soyinka, Fugard, and Padmanabhan. (Fulfills a requirement for the Theatre minor and the Ethnic/Global requirement for English Literature majors.)