2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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THTR 330 - Special Topics in Theatre History and Literature


CR: 3
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Selected topics in theatre history will be studied in depth, and representative plays of the period studied will be read. Topics will vary by semester. Topic for Fall 2019: “Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatre History.” This course will cover one of the greatest periods of theatre history, the English theatre from about 1580 to about 1640. It will cover the major actors and acting companies, the public and private theatres and the staging and costuming practices. Major playwrights such as Marlowe, Jonson, Shakespeare, Dekker, and others will be covered. We will read representative plays from the period and learn the context for which they were written. Offered alternate years. Course may be repeated when content is different. V.6a



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