An introduction to drama in English from the medieval, Renaissance, Restoration, Victorian, Modern and contemporary periods. Students will read, watch, discuss, review, and analyze six plays over the course of the term in order to develop a fuller understanding of drama in general and of English dramatic literature in particular.
Prerequisites:
Ways of Reading: Poetry and Drama (ENG‑104);
ENG-103 or 104
Ways of Reading: Poetry and Drama
ENG‑104
How do poems and plays express human experience? In this course we will develop our interpretive skills to understand more fully the ways by which we engage the poetry and drama of the past and present. We will be reading works by writers in the traditional English literary canon and by writers who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color in order for us to have a dialogue with a wide range of poems and plays, then and now.