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| Spring 2012 | ENGL 376.1 | MW | 3:30 - 4:45 | RH305 | Ibis GomezVega | |
Title: MODERN AMERICAN DRAMACourse Description: An intensive study of selected plays by such American dramatists as Albee, Hellman, Miller, Odets, O'Neill, Wilder, and Williams.PRQ: | ||||||
| Detailed Course Description:Through class discussions and lectures, the class will cover different trends, from realism to Magical Realism, from diverse American voices in the American theater. | ||||||
| Course Requirements:Two analytical essays (5-7 pages) typed using the MLA style (30% each) 10 Quizzes (40% of grade) | ||||||
| Required Texts:Edward Albee’s Zoo Story (1960); Susan Glaspell’s Trifles (1915); Philip Kan Gotanda’s The Wash (1987); Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun (1959); Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (2009); Lisa Kron's In the Wake (2010); Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (1992); Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Perestroika (1993); Lisa Loomer’s Living Out (2003); Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (1949); Lynn Nottage's Fabulation (2005); Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape (1922); Luis Santeiro’s Our Lady of the Tortilla (1987); Sam Shepard’s True West (1980); Neil Simon’s The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1972); Jeffrey Sweet’s The Action against Sol Schumann (2001); Diana Son’s Stop Kiss (2006); Luis Valdez’s Zoot Suit (1978); Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive (1997); Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie (1945); Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire (1947); August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson (1990) | ||||||
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