THTR 210 - Theater History I

FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2012 and alternate years.

A critical study of the performance conventions, dramatic literature and social contexts of world theater traditions, focusing on periods from the classical Greek era to the Renaissance. Non-Western theater forms are also considered. As a part of the course, students read representative plays and engage in individual and team research projects leading to papers and presentations. Jew.