ENGL 354 - Contemporary British and American Drama

FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2013 and alternate years

Prerequisites: ENGL 299. This course examines both the masterpieces and undiscovered gems of English language theater from Samuel Beckett to the present. The course investigates contemporary movements away from naturalism and realism towards the fantastical, surreal, and spectacular. Student presentations, film screenings, and brief performance exercises supplement literary analysis of the plays, though no prior drama experience is presumed. Pickett.