Concurrent registration in THAD 090 required of THAD majors and minors unless excused by the department. This is an existing course that has previously been approved by A2C2.
Students also become acquainted with research resources used in theatre studies.
As students analyze plays from a variety of historical periods, they are explicitly and repeatedly enjoined to support their conclusions with data from the playscript, not simply from their own preferences and prejudgments and to explore the way in which the significance of a word or incident may shift when moving betweeb its native culture to the student's own. In addition, when students do their analytical work in groups composed of both men and women, they are further exposed to some of the effects of gender upon interpretations and perceptions. This course satisfies the Humanities requirement in the Arts and Sciences Core of WSU's University Studies program. You will need a three-ring binder for these texts. You are allowed three skips without penalty but will be held responsible for everything covered in class.