EN 235 Modern Drama S 3 s.h. An introduction to modern drama as literature, with emphasis on such movements as naturalism, expressionism, and theater of the absurd. Readings include such representative European authors as Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Lorca, and Ionesco, and American playwrights such as O'Neill, Miller, and Williams. Some attention is also paid to non-Western drama. The course develops appreciation of the plays through class discussion and a required critical paper.
Students see a current dramatic production.
The Modern Novel S 3 s.h. The course involves the study, discussion, and analysis of the novel as a genre and of representative works by leading 20th-Century novelists. EN 245 World Drama S 3 s.h. An examination of major dramas from the Greeks to the late nineteenth century, with consideration of their literary, theatrical, and socio-cultural values. Genres include tragedy, comedy, melodrama, farce, and various hybrids.